Cabbage in German is "kohl" and in Norwegian it's "kål" (kawl). And if you hit it real hard, you'll break it into pieces. To hit in Norwegian is "å slå" (aw slaw). Would you like some "kål slå?" Cole slaw.
In Norwegian, the word for cauliflower is "blomkål." Blom means flowers. Now we have flowerkål (kawl). Cauliflower.
N.B. For the record, I have never heard the term kål slå in Norwegian. This was just to make an interesting linguistic point.
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