Bob Ingraham wrote:
The Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary lists "donut" as a variant of
"doughnut". But in Canada and increasingly in U.S. markets, both words are
giving way to "Timbits," the donut/doughnut holes marketed by Tim Horton's
coffee shops. One reason to go to one of the bidboard auctions here in
Vancouver is the dealer has Timbits on hand. Bidding with your mouth full of
Timbits isn't easy, but it can be done. :^)

Isn't that an American dictionary? Hardly relevant wrt a Hong Kong
stamp. What does the OED say?

Do you think that Tim Horton has a real chance to make it in the US
market with Starbucks so entrenched?

= Eric (from Seattle, hometown of Starbucks)

Someone else wrote:
Shouldn't that be Doughnut holes?

| Maybe they'll surface, packaged as are 'donut holes'?