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Originally Posted by Mrs_Often
Ah yes of course it does! You've solved the battery mystery! Thanks 
Smor...WHAT? You've eaten what?? Uh sorry, that's not Dutch, whatever it is.
I think you might mean the Swedish smögåsbord... Nothing to do with the Netherlands or Utrecht, sorry...
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Not sure about the usage in Europe but in Canada, you can find almost any foods served buffet style described as a smörgåsbord (though without the diacriticals
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As one quote about the English language goes:
"The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don’t just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary."
Oddly, a couple of online translators translated roggebrood to rye bread. Is that a light rye, dark rye, Russian rye or Winnipeg rye?
Regards,
David