Correct spelling: "veggie" or "vegie"?

[Gavin Atkinson]

Hi everyone

I'm in Australia and want to clarify with some Americans about the
spelling of "veggie/vegie". Here we would use the word "vegie", but
I've noticed Americans using the double g. What do Americans most
commonly use: vegie or veggie?

Many thanks

Gavin Atkinson
Gavin.A...@premiers.qld.gov.au

[Stan Goodman]

On Tue, 10 Feb 1998 00:41:03, Gavin Atkinson
<Gavin.A...@premiers.qld.gov.au> 'llowed:

Since it is not a word, I think it's fair to say that it makes no
difference, unless it is a pet name for some specific vegetable for
which there is a soft place in a person's heart. In the latter case,
the spelling must be, of course, negotiated for the particular case.

Stan Goodman
Qiryat Tiv'on
Israel

Real address: replace "NULL" with "netvision". Sorry for the
inconvenience.

[Sammk]

perhaps it is not a word, but americans use the double 'g' spelling when
refering to all flavors of veggies.

we americans tend to speak with all types of slang and idioms, but then again,
so do you aussies.
good luck deciphering.
a.
north carolina

Martin , Andrea and Abraham Jackson (AJ)
sammk(antispam)@aol.com

[Steve Carnes]

sgoo...@NULL.net.il (Stan Goodman) writes:

> Since it is not a word, I think it's fair to say that it makes no
> difference, unless it is a pet name for some specific vegetable for
> which there is a soft place in a person's heart. In the latter case,
> the spelling must be, of course, negotiated for the particular case.

According to the Merriam Webster Collegiate Dictionary, "veggie also
vegie...(1955) 2 slang: VEGETARIAN"

So, it is a word, with two different acceptable spellings. I
personally vote for "vegie," as the least objectionable of the two
possibilities.

[DGholston]

>I'm in Australia and want to clarify with some Americans about the spelling of
"veggie/vegie". Here we would use the word "vegie", but I've noticed Americans
using the double g. What do Americans most commonly use: vegie or veggie?<

I think most American use the veggie or veggy spelling. The double "g" tends to
preserve the soft "g" sound (udge as opposed to govern). As an aside, when I
was in South Africa a few years ago, I was startled to discover that the common
Africaans name for mesambryanthems (ice plant, etc.) was vegie, pronounced
"fakey".

Don Gholston

[Roots]

Stan Goodman wrote ...
>Gavin Atkinson wrote:
> Hi everyone

>
> I'm in Australia and want to clarify with some Americans about the
> spelling of "veggie/vegie". Here we would use the word "vegie", but
> I've noticed Americans using the double g. What do Americans most
> commonly use: vegie or veggie?

>Since it is not a word, I think it's fair to say that it makes no
>difference,........
>
>Stan Goodman

Come on folks, ever heard of a dictionary? ;-)

Main Entry: veg·gie
Variant(s): also veg·ie /'ve-jE/
Function: noun
Etymology: by shortening & alteration
Date: 1955
1 : VEGETABLE
2 slang : VEGETARIAN

[Sammk]

>Come on folks, ever heard of a dictionary? ;-)
>
>

easy now, just a fun question asked......
a.

[Roots]

>>Come on folks, ever heard of a dictionary? ;-)

>easy now, just a fun question asked......

>Martin , Andrea and Abraham Jackson (AJ)

Note the smiley.

[Sammk]

>>>Come on folks, ever heard of a dictionary? ;-)

>>easy now, just a fun question asked......

>Note the smiley.

misunderstood. and noted. my apologies
sometimes i really don't get all that and i don't read it those ways.
a.

Martin , Andrea and Abraham Jackson (AJ)

sammk(antispam)@aol.com

[Roots]

Steve Carnes wrote

>(Stan Goodman) writes:
>
>> Since it is not a word, I think it's fair to say that it makes no
>> difference

>According to the Merriam Webster Collegiate Dictionary, "veggie also
>vegie...(1955) 2 slang: VEGETARIAN"

>So, it is a word, with two different acceptable spellings. I
>personally vote for "vegie," as the least objectionable of the two
>possibilities.

They are both correct, but to me the spelling "vegie" reads like a hard "g".
Veggie reads like a soft "g". Neither spelling is "objectionable". It is
probably whatever you are used to seeing that looks best.

[DGholston]

>They are both correct, but to me the spelling "vegie" reads like a hard "g".
Veggie reads like a soft "g".<

I also feel somewhat more comforatable with the soft G "veggie" spelling. As an
aside, the term for a strict vegetarian is vegan, which I understand is
pronounced "vee-gan"

Don

[Roots]

>I also feel somewhat more comforatable with the soft G "veggie" spelling.
As an
>aside, the term for a strict vegetarian is vegan, which I understand is
>pronounced "vee-gan"
>
>Don

Yes. I always think "vee-gan" sounds like the name of the home planet of
one of Superman's enemies. ;-)

[Gary Cooper]

It is.

G.

[Burlynerd]

Roots wrote in message <6ckn7h$h0h$1...@garnet.nbnet.nb.ca>...

>
>Yes. I always think "vee-gan" sounds like the name of the home planet of
>one of Superman's enemies. ;-)

...made worse by the fact that most of the people who identify
themselves by this term are overreacting, in-your-face, vegetable
stormtroopers.

"That's VEE-GAN you seething bag of putrid, rotting flesh!"

<Just my experience>

Burlynerd

[accent...@gmail.com]

On Tuesday, 10 February 1998 19:00:00 UTC+11, Gavin Atkinson wrote:
> Hi everyone
>
> I'm in Australia and want to clarify with some Americans about the

> spelling of "veggie/vegie". Here we would use the word "vegie", but

> I've noticed Americans using the double g. What do Americans most
> commonly use: vegie or veggie?
>

> Many thanks
>
> Gavin Atkinson
> Gavin.A...@premiers.qld.gov.au

I believe it really would have to be 'Vegie' as a double 'g' would be pronounced with a soft g sound as in 'begging' or 'leggings', not a harder g as in vegetable.
simple rules of English pronunciation apply
Michael

[George Shirley]

On 12/20/2015 11:56 PM, accent...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Tuesday, 10 February 1998 19:00:00 UTC+11, Gavin Atkinson wrote:
>> Hi everyone
>>
>> I'm in Australia and want to clarify with some Americans about the
>> spelling of "veggie/vegie". Here we would use the word "vegie", but
>> I've noticed Americans using the double g. What do Americans most
>> commonly use: vegie or veggie?
>>
>> Many thanks
>>
>> Gavin Atkinson
>> Gavin.A...@premiers.qld.gov.au
>

> I really would have to be 'Vegie' as a double 'g' would be pronounced with a soft g sound as in 'begging' or 'leggings', not a hard g as in vegetable.
> simple rules of English
>
Most Americans I know use "veggie." As in "Eat your veggies kid." In my
family we use the correct word, vegetables.

Aussies always did talk funny as far as most Americans are concerned.
Worked with a lot of them overseas and it took a bit to really
understand the Aussie version of English. Of course many Brits had a
strange version of the English language too, particularly the Scots. <G>

George
Native American, Native Texan, World Traveler, Old Geezer

[Fran Farmer]

On 21/12/2015 4:56 PM, accent...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Tuesday, 10 February 1998 19:00:00 UTC+11, Gavin Atkinson wrote:

(snip)

>
> I really would have to be 'Vegie'

Why on earth would you bother to respond to a post from 1998?

[Jool]

Because it added to an extremely helpful, interesting and humorous discussion! :)

[ctr...@gmail.com]

I just arrived here after someone played vegie on word with friends.
I too enjoyed reading the evolution of this discussion. As to the correctness of spelling, it seems either is acceptable. As someone in the US, I would certainly never use "vegie" for any purpose other than to annoy and incite friends in word games.

[larryc...@gmail.com]

Vegie is the obvious choice since Veggie has a hard "g" totally unlike "vegetable" which has a soft "g" and also only one "g". So no debate, it is vegie in all logical ways possible unless you are a stubborn Nazi thug in Virgginia.

[Frank]

I know even back then they had spell check.

[T]

On 08/15/2017 05:07 PM, Frank wrote:
> 22 December 2015 08:13:56

Will this thread ever die?

[George Shirley]

Only if the sane ones on this group quit replying to the ones posting.

[dianeful...@gmail.com]

Veggie

[war...@gmail.com]

Aussies seem to always have small nuances in the spellings. English background.

However, is it Piza or Pizza?

Veg are you thinking Vedge or Vek ?

I don't see or hear Vedge in the spelling of Veg,

I see the short version of the "g" As in Peg.

So Vegie Sounds like Ve-Ghee not Vedgie, to me....

I have always seen and spelled it as Veggies, until I got to Australia, who spell a lot of things differently from my upbringing in the USA.

I am reading a book from an Australian, and Vegies just looks wrong to me.

[Muggles]

Spell it any way you want as long as you don't forget to serve them up
at dinnertime! :)

--
Maggie

[biodynami...@gmail.com]

Are you sure it is not Magie?