The winning camp takes 57 % of the vote, against 29 % for the rival name and 14 % of voters who refuse to choose between the two words.
Women vote most decisively, clearly following the majority. Men split into three almost equal parts, and most of the day's hesitation comes from them.
By age, the over-65s stand unanimously behind the majority camp, without a single dissenting vote. The 18-to-24s, by contrast, divide almost perfectly, with a reserve of undecided voters.
Both contributions to the thread defend the same word, « pain au chocolat », and for reasons that have nothing to do with taste. The first invokes childhood and usage: it has always been that way. The second settles it by regional belonging, writing from Brittany.
The first voice adds a theory about the Québécois origin of the word « chocolatine », which matters mostly as an illustration of the mechanism: on this kind of question, nobody is defending a pastry, they are defending a territory and a habit.
That is what makes the round interesting despite its light subject: the debate is unanimous while the vote is nothing of the sort. The minority camp voted but sent nobody to argue. Here, silence is a position in itself.