Spell Potato Or Potatoe

Called also irish potato spud white potato.

Spell potato or potatoe. White potatoe baked potatoe sweet potatoe. They are very starchy and are a good source of vitamins b6 and c. Potatos is a common misspelling.

Potatoe is an older but still correct spelling of the word more commonly word spelled potato. Plural potatoes we add e because the word ends in o and sometimes that s the case. Since the 1950s it has occasioned much ridicule and comment in reference to one word which is now frequently used by english speaking world leaders.

In a room filled with reporters quayle called 12 year old william figueroa to the board prompting him to spell potato figueroa stepped up correctly spelled potato erased the word and went to sit down until the vice president stopped him saying hold on now add a little to the end there. An erect south american herb solanum tuberosum of the nightshade family widely cultivated for its edible starchy tuber. It turns out that dan quail and the young student were both correct in there spellings.

The edible part of the plant is an underground tuber. The correct plural spelling is potatoes. Potatoes are a plentiful crop that originated in south america.

Potato is how you should always spell it. Now if on the one hand people can criticize the spelling of potatoe a commonly used spelling in the 19th century and even up to 1993 then how can. It is a linguistic phenomenon that has been responsible for a number of spelling changes in english words over the centuries though it does occur in other languages.

The e at the end of potatoe was largely dropped by the end of the 20th century. By crjohn march 08 2014. Everyone must use his fork to spear his potato.