Friday, September 22, 2006

Putting the 'p' into 'hamster'

Good news that TV presenter Richard Hammond seems to be out of danger and on the road to recovery following his 300 mph crash.

Apparently he was known by his fellow Top Gear presenters (because he's not the largest of people) as 'the hamster'.

Looking at the BBC website, I was struck by how many of those posting get-well messages to Richard had spelled hamster with a p - hampster.

I'd guess over 50%.

So where does the p in hamster come from? I think from here.

Another one for the OED.

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