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Did Dunkin’ change how we spell ‘donut’?
August 12, 2026
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Did Dunkin’ change how we spell ‘donut’?
“Language doesn’t exist within a vacuum, but is very much informed by the way that we live our lives and the cultures that we may be part of,” said Adam Cooper, Director of Linguistics at Northeastern University.