Assertion: spelling donut | /r/HasProperty | invented
Facets:
value: according to john t. edge
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: According to John T. Edge (Donuts, an American passion 2006) the alternative spelling "donut" was invented when the New York–based Display Doughnut Machine Corporation abbreviated the word to make it more pronounceable by the foreigners they hoped would buy their automated doughnut making equipment.