Is it Orphington or Orpington?

[babyrnlc]

I see if both ways on here and the breed list has Orpington. SO which is right?

 

[Tuffoldhen]

It's Orpington!

 

[jeremy]

It is Orpington.

There is no H at all. Ever.

 

[gryeyes]

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Absolutely correct.

 

[babyrnlc]

Thank you, that is what I thought, but everyone adds an H, wonder why?

 

[Tuffoldhen]

Because they are not Orpington breeders!

 

[SilverPhoenix]

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I'm not sure why people add the "h" to be honest. I've seen it done quite a bit, but it's always been orpington as far as I know.

Maybe a few people added the "h" and the misinformation just spread, as misinformation tends to do?

 

[jeremy]

I think the H comes from the way some folks pronounce the word.

"Orf-ing-tun", instead of "Or-Ping-tun". The P is pronounced softly instead of with a hard accent.

So then people start spelling it O-r-p-h-i-n-g-t-o-n to try and make sense of the F sound.

Maybe?

 

[scbatz33]

Like some other breeds. It's a mere mispronunciation of the word and then people try to spell it phonetically.

 

[enggass]

If you try hatching some and only one hatches it is spelled Orphanton