[MaryCarney]

OK - so on another thread, I posted something about going to the laundrOmat and the OP replied about the laundrYmat. Which is it? I frankly never heard of it called laundrYmat until just recently.

Opinions?

:shrug2:

 

[savvy_sniper]

The signs for the one around me spell it LaundrOmat.

 

[jvera]

Laundrymat

 

[dschipman]

World English Dictionary
Laundromat (ˈlɔːndrəˌmæt)

— n
( US ), ( Canadian ), ( NZ ) trademark Launderette , Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): laundrette a commercial establishment where clothes can be washed and dried, using coin-operated machines

 

[jas]

Laundrymat, even though it may not be spelt that way on the sign.

 

[Labontet]

Down here, I pronounce it Laundrymat.

 

[dcompton]

I've never heard of seen anything but laundromat.

 

[mndtrp]

I've never heard of seen anything but laundromat.

My coworkers tend to call them "wives", and I seem to be the sole exception.

 

[Palooka]

I say laundrymat.

 

[McD]

I say laundrymat as well.

 

[forHISglory]

I have never seen it spelled with a "Y". So I vote for Laundromat.

But I have to admit that "Laundrymat" makes more sense!

 

[Trishagirl]

Laundromat here

 

[imagine]

Where I live it is spelled laundromat and pronounced both ways.

I was curious so I looked it up in my dictionary (Webster's New World Dictionary) and it says laundromat and laundermat.

 

[MaryCarney]

I have never seen it spelled with a "Y". So I vote for Laundromat.

But I have to admit that "Laundrymat" makes more sense!

See, I was thinking that the -Omat part is like o-matic (not that there is ANYTHING automatic about laundry!)

 

[AmyBoz]

Like imagine, I've only seen it spelled "laundromat" and heard it pronounced both ways.

 

[frugalwarrior2]

Well we actually say Lawn-dru-mat. But Laudromat is correct here. And yes Mary the O-matic was a popular thing.

My Gram used to Warsh her clothes in the zinc cuz it was cheaper.

 

[MaryCarney]

Well we actually say Lawn-dru-mat. But Laudromat is correct here. And yes Mary the O-matic was a popular thing.

My Gram used to Warsh her clothes in the zinc cuz it was cheaper.

Oh man - my DH 'warshes' stuff all the time!!!

 

[frugalwarrior2]

Mary where do they say that?? I always wondered where she got it. I only know her living here but don't where her parents lived just that they were scotch and irish.

 

[onencgirl]

Oh my garsh... my Grammie always said warsh and zinc too. And garsh. lol She was from Illinois.

 

[MaryCarney]

My in-laws on their farm in central Indiana ALL say it!
Just as an aside- they also ALL refer to a green bell-type pepper as a mango, of all things!