My whole life I have believed that the word cruller is pronounced like "crooler." This is how everyone in my family says it and this is the pronunciation I have heard for years as I have criss-crossed the globe to bring you the latest donut scoops.
BUT -- yesterday my friend claimed the correct pronunciation isn't "crooler" as in Motley Crüe but "cruhller" as in skull. And Merriam-Webster agrees. Worse yet, my way of saying it isn't even listed as a secondary variant!
I guess the ultimate blame for this lies, as it does in so many matters, with my parents. I mean, how unprepared for child-rearing can you be! If only they had spent a little less time at those Lamaze seminars (and "working" to "support me") and a little more time in donut elocution class, this never would have happened.
And secondly, I blame the Far East, and specifically the site of my first international donut bureau posting, Papua New Guinea. They said "crooler" down there in PNG, and I guess I just picked it up. Fucking savages. They also called a piano a "box teeth" and a movie theater a "house picture," so I guess I should have known better.
In short, I have been burned by my sources, but I vow to learn and grow from this experience. I have to accept that this was God's plan for me. It's all part of my journey as an international donut reporter.
May 5, 2008
An Embarrassing Admission from Your International Donut Reporter
