"Ostehøvelen er en norsk oppfinnelse."

Translation: The cheese slicer is a Norwegian invention.

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Source: http://satwcomic.com/not-okay

[SanctMinimalicen]

This is exactly the first thing that came to mind when I read this sentence!

[Ainnir]

Fortell det til det nederlandske folket!

[oulenz]

jeg kan bekrefte at det er et ømt punkt...

[Davidodo1999]

De visste det alredene og de er glad med det

[agent001]

I have it. It's stupid and I never use it. Bought two. ;D

[Oz_lo]

Haha don't tell the Dutch. Endless debate about who invented it. Personally I'm more interested in who invented television or the internet..

[Tanja252889]

When I was in sweden the swedish people said it was invented in sweden ;)

[ThomasRo2]

I'm sure it was. HEJA SVERIGE!!!

[Candidandelion]

I have one from Sweden.

[John700432]

er den ord høvel ikke en verktøy til å arbeide trevirke? Derfor, kunne jeg ikke sier at osthøvelen er "cheese plane" på Engelsk? Takk

[Noodlemaz]

No, in English you would call it a cheese slicer. We do indeed call the equivalent tool in woodworking a plane, but it doesn't translate to kitchen tools!

[John700432]

Funny, we bought one in Norway 20 years ago, use it frequently on brunost and have called it a cheese plane for all those years. If you can plane wood, you should be able to plane cheese ;-)

[Aki-Mugetsu]

The word in French is the same as the tool for wood :) "rabot"

[MrsSMBurns]

Actually I call it a "cheese slice", by analogy with cake slice (which doesn't mean a slice of cake but something used for slicing and serving it).