Topic summary
Yoghurt
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Yogurt.
Etymology and spelling
In English, spelling variations include yogurt, yoghurt, and to a lesser extent yoghourt or yogourt. In the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa the word is usually spelled yoghurt, while in the United States the spelling is yogurt. Canada has its own spelling, yogourt, a minority variant of the French yaourt, although yogurt and yoghurt are also used.