Totally OT about loaned words (was: More OT about Holland (but shorter this time))

[Sigvald Grøsfjeld jr.]

 --- Jussi Mantere <jmantere at niksula.hut.fi> skrev: >
On Wed, 15 May 2002, Fluks, H.W. wrote:
> 
> > Sure. Ombudsman is a Dutch word. Just like
> knäckebröd and sauna. And
> > fingerspitzengefühl, joie-de-vivre, mozzarella,
> and talkshow.
> 
> Totally off-topic, but I couldn't resist: I wonder
> if there is any language (apart from Swedish) that
> doesn't call the sauna "sauna"?

In Norwegian we say "badstue".

Best regards from
Sigvald :-)

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