Shortbread

Norwegian translation: mørdeigskake

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English term or phrase:	Shortcake
Norwegian translation:	mørdeigskake
Entered by:	William [Bill] Gray

15:42 Dec 27, 2006

English to Norwegian translations [PRO]
Cooking / Culinary / Home baking

English term or phrase: Shortbread

During this Christmas with our mixed Norwegian/English family have had a long discussion about what a Norwegian will call "shortbread". Shortbread has a very strong Christmas tradition, and it is said that the best shortbread comes from Scotland. With Scotland's strong links with Norway earlier, there must surely be a word which is truly Norwegian, which applies to shortbread.

Can anyone bring peace to "between Christmas" for us?

William [Bill] Gray KudoZ activity Questions: 20 (none open) Answers: 626 Norway
Local time: 05:05

mørdeigskake

Explanation:
Hvis du tar en titt her, finner du shortbread oversatt med mørdeigskaker:

http://www.sebadrian.net/gutta/kakeoppskrifter/om-smakaker-o...

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anebjordal
Ecuador
Local time: 22:05

Grading comment

Thanks for your input! We discussed long and late, but believe that this word refers to shortcake, which is in fact slightly different in texture to shortbread!
1 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

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mørdeigskake

anebjordal

skotsk shortbread

Per Bergvall

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6 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

shortbread

mørdeigskake

Explanation:
Hvis du tar en titt her, finner du shortbread oversatt med mørdeigskaker:

http://www.sebadrian.net/gutta/kakeoppskrifter/om-smakaker-o...

anebjordal
Ecuador
Local time: 22:05
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Norwegian
PRO pts in category: 5

Grading comment

Thanks for your input! We discussed long and late, but believe that this word refers to shortcake, which is in fact slightly different in texture to shortbread!

16 mins confidence:

shortbread skotsk shortbread

Explanation:
Jeg tviler ikke på at mørdeigskake (eller heller mørdeigkake) er en proper og korrekt oversettelse - men problemet er at utenfor vår enge krets ringer det ingen bjeller. Sier du derimot skotsk shortbread, vil alle som noen gang har vært borti det vite hva det er tale om.

Reference: http://www.matoppskrift.no/sider/oppskrift20459.asp

Per Bergvall
Norway
Local time: 05:05
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Norwegian

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Asker: Per, I tried to offer you 3 of the points for this, but haven't succeeded. I'll have to ask for help from ProZ about sharing points.

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