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Published 16:49 18 Aug 2024 BST
Updated 16:52 18 Aug 2024 BST
Add us as a preferred source on Google »Sudocrem is nothing short of a household necessity nowadays, whether it’s eczema, sunburn or your baby’s nappy rash, the cream will always come in handy which is why so many of us have it in our cupboards.
The cream is currently trending on social media platform X due to an argument breaking out over how you should pronounce it.
One user said: “Today's raging argument in these parts is how to pronounce 'Sudocrem'. Too much to hope for this is a sign of Twitter returning to being a place of pointless nonsense rather than fascist bile?”
A second said: “There is an argument about whether it is 'Sudocrem' or 'Sudocream'. It is neither.”
While another replied: “Some people are annoyed by those calling Sudocrem 'Sudocream' when 99% of the population pronounce February 'Febuary'.”
A fourth quipped: “I remember this stuff when I was a kid. It's not pronounced Sudocrem or Sudocream it was pronounced "MUUUUUUUUMMM!”
The cream, which was developed by Dublin-based pharmacist Thomas Smith in 1931, is, according to google, pronounced ‘Soo-duh-krem’.
It started life as ‘Smith’s Cream’, then was known for a period of time as ‘Soothing Cream’ before it adopted the name Sudocrem in 1950.
Dublin-natives still pronounce it ‘Suud-ing crem’.
The cream, still manufactured in Dublin in the suburb of Baldoyle, is distributed to 50 countries worldwide.
The Netherlands was the first country outside of the UK and Ireland to sell Sudocrem while Middle Eastern nations are the largest importers of the product.
The antiseptic healing cream can be used for nappy rashes, it can also be used to treat eczema, bedsores, minor burns, surface wounds and sunburns.
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