Laundromat or Laundrymat?

The signs for the one around me spell it LaundrOmat.

Laundrymat

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

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

Down here, I pronounce it Laundrymat.

I've never heard of seen anything but laundromat.

dcompton said:

I've never heard of seen anything but laundromat.

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

I say laundrymat.

I say laundrymat as well.

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

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

Laundromat here

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.

forHISglory said:

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

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

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

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

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.

frugalwarrior2 said:

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.

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

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.

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

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!