Dammit or Damnit?

[Snaggletiger]

Which is it?  You spell damn with an n on the end.  Why do I always see it spelled with an m when lengthening the word to reference something.."it"? 

Which one is correct? 

[Tarheel]

Which is it?  You spell damn with an n on the end.  Why do I always see it spelled with an m when lengthening the word to reference something.."it"? 

Which one is correct? 

I've almost always spelt it as 'dammit'; I think that's the conventionally accepted way...unless you want to spell it out as two words 'damn it'.

 

[Townhallsavoy]

It's actually two words.  You're saying "damn it" with "it" being what you're upset with.  Dictionary.com says the correct spelling of the colloquialism is "dammit."  I don't know why.  But, I guess that's the correct way.

I mean, you wouldn't turn "fuck it" into "fukkit," would you? 

[boartitz]

It's actually two words.  You're saying "damn it" with "it" being what you're upset with.  Dictionary.com says the correct spelling of the colloquialism is "dammit."  I don't know why.  But, I guess that's the correct way.

I mean, you wouldn't turn "fuck it" into "fukkit," would you? 

That would be fuccit if you followed the same method.
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[Jumbo]

Damn this fucking thread.

[Buzz Killington]

But Dad...I'm Jesus Christ.

[CCTAU]

It's actually two words.  You're saying "damn it" with "it" being what you're upset with.  Dictionary.com says the correct spelling of the colloquialism is "dammit."  I don't know why.  But, I guess that's the correct way.

I mean, you wouldn't turn "fuck it" into "fukkit," would you? 

From a strictly Englsih standpoint, dammit does not really exist. But over the last 30 years, our language has been redefined in so many ways. The dictionary used to be the defining tool for all words. The problem was that it took a long time to get a new word approved and added. With today's technology, new words are added, but are not always added as "new" words. Hence the word "dammit" is in the collection of words, but not as a new word, but as colloquialism. I bet you couldn't use it in SCRABBLE.

[Townhallsavoy]

From a strictly Englsih standpoint, dammit does not really exist. But over the last 30 years, our language has been redefined in so many ways. The dictionary used to be the defining tool for all words. The problem was that it took a long time to get a new word approved and added. With today's technology, new words are added, but are not always added as "new" words. Hence the word "dammit" is in the collection of words, but not as a new word, but as colloquialism. I bet you couldn't use it in SCRABBLE.

Fuck Scrabble.  My computer version of it doesn't allow "mit" as in "catcher's mit."  It does allow "sialic" and all the other bullshit words the cheatin' computer spits out.

[AUTailgatingRules]

Fuck Scrabble.  My computer version of it doesn't allow "mit" as in "catcher's mit."  It does allow "sialic" and all the other bullshit words the cheatin' computer spits out.

pretty sure you mean "mitt"

[Townhallsavoy]

pretty sure you mean "mitt"

[AuburnChopper 3.0]

pretty sure you mean "mitt"