Editing Sundae (section)

==Etymology==
The first recorded use in the [[Oxford English Dictionary]], from an advertisement in Ithaca, New York, April 5, 1892, spells the word "Sunday": "Evidence suggests that the use of Sunday to designate an ice-cream dish of this kind originates with Chester C. Platt (1869–1934), proprietor of Platt and Colt's Pharmacy in Ithaca, New York, who is said to have served it ... after the Sunday church service on 3 April 1892. A letter from a patent attorney dated 24 March 1894 shows that Platt sought advice on trademark protection for the use of 'Sunday' for ice-cream novelties a few days earlier." The respelling as "sundae" may be a result of that trademark protection: "The motivation for the subsequent respelling of the word ... is uncertain: it may reflect an attempt by other retailers to avoid a perceived breach of trademark; it may be a reaction to the religious associations of Sunday as a day of abstinence; or it may simply have been intended to be eye-catching."<ref>{{cite web |title=sundae, n., Etymology |publisher=[[Oxford English Dictionary]] |date=September 2023 |doi=10.1093/OED/3200531033 |url=https://doi.org/10.1093/OED/3200531033 |accessdate=September 28, 2023}}</ref>