Dispatch or Despatch?

[serrano]

Dispatch or Despatch - how do you spell it? According to the Oxford dictionary both are perfectly acceptable. "Despatch" for me, doesn't look quite right though hence me heading for the dictionary!

Putting the finishing touches on an off the shelf shopping cart and "despatch" is the spelling on customer order confirmations etc "Your order has been despatched" - would you think it had been spelled wrong? :|

 

[Online Trader]

Dispatched for me defo

 

[webformastudios]

Dispatch is definatly the way forward

 

[shopintegrator]

From dictionary.com it is thought that Despatch is from the Spanish despachar and Dispatch is from the Italia dispacciare

For me, I would use dispatch and probably assume that despatch was a mistake, even though it is equally valid once you get your dictionary out

 

[Arial]

I use dispatch on all my sales emails.

 

[serrano]

and probably assume that despatch was a mistake,

Cheers all, that sorts that then.

an i for an e it is.

 

[edmondscommerce]

its got to be despatch

dispatch is american and just looks wrong

its like aluminum.. or airplane.. or mom

 

[webformastudios]

Ahhh trust you Joseph .... just when we thought we had that one all tied up lol.

Chris

 

[Stationery-Direct]

Funny you should ask this, when I did my site I decided on dispatch, however I notice a lot of other sites do use despatch and I was thinking of changing it yesterday, don't think i will bother now, I like to be different anyway

Dispatch does look better to me.

 

[GRDCredit]

Send .........

 

[los_design]

Posted for me

 

[edmondscommerce]

Ahhh trust you Joseph .... just when we thought we had that one all tied up lol.

Chris

nice weekend everyone im off!!

 

[serrano]

Alternatives.... considered "shipped" no spelling issues with that but it does suggest overseas...

Something a little different could be "Your order has now left Andalucia"

Any thoughts?

 

[Geoff T]

I'd also go with "despatched" - feels right somehow - though some (#13) would question my competence to comment!

 

[cycloneuk]

Looks wrong, i always use dispatched.

 

[Jetlag]

its got to be despatch

dispatch is american and just looks wrong

its like aluminum.. or airplane.. or mom

You seriously need to check your facts, mate.

 

[Spock]

I'm in the despatch camp

 

[edmondscommerce]

You seriously need to check your facts, mate.

I know the facts. Both are technically right so its a question of opinion and that was my opinion.

 

[msimplay]

I've always used dispatch but I've noticed some websites using despatch so it got me searching google and it seems to be quite a debated term

 

[mapiman]

its got to be despatch

dispatch is american and just looks wrong

its like aluminum.. or airplane.. or mom

I agree. It is like programme and program or disc and disk. Damn Yankee nonsense

 

[edmondscommerce]

lol yeah, lets dig this old chestnut up, it is friday after all, nothing better to wind the week down than a good old fashioned pointless argument

 

[deniser]

I know this is an old post but interesting nevertheless as I am a firm "despatch" user and I just looked in my Oxford Guide to English Usage and it says that one should use "dispatch".

I only use it in the heading on my despatch notes (wrongly I now know).

What would be an alternative phrase for a Dispatch Note anyway?

 

[simonh@]

Hi

Despatched is the one. Anyway how much for a pata negro ham?
To be despatched to Stockport UK

Regards
Si

 

[fisicx]

Don't use the word at all, sounds like a military manouver (dispatched to the front).

As Geoff suggested (a million posts ago) just use send or sent:

You order was sent this morning

We will sent your order as soon as the storeman has finished his fag

or even:

Just been down the postoffice to send you your 'massager'.

and it's axe not ax. Advertising not advertizing. Iraq not Eyerack und so weiter bis Mahlzeit.

 

[KM-Tiger]

... as soon as the storeman has finished his fag

But definitely not if you dispatch to the USA.

(Except for certain products, of course!)

 

[fisicx]

But definitely not if you dispatch to the USA.

(Except for certain products, of course!)

Ahh, that will be the 'personal massager' then.