massipantåta

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Swedish

Princess cake is a common type of massipantåta (“marzipan cake”).

Etymology

Compound of massipan +‎ tåta, freely translated into ma'zipan to'te . Based on the silent rhotic consonants that is common in Småland dialects.

Noun

massipantåta c

  1. (humorous) Pronunciation spelling of marsipantårta (“marzipan cake”).
    • 2016 March 3, Peter Magnusson, “Fössta tossdan i mass” – högtid som få känner till”, in SVT Nyheter Småland‎:
      Då vill jag ha kroppkakor. Det är mycket mer småländskt och kom säkert före massipantåtan, säger han med ett skratt.
      Then I want kroppkaka. It is much more Smålandic and certainly came before the ma'zipan to'te, he says with a laugh.
    • 2022 February 28, “Fössta tossdan i mass [Fi'st Thu'sday in Ma'ch]”, in Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore‎:
      Anledningen är att just det datumet uttalas på ett särpräglat sätt i många småländska dialekter: fössta tossdan i mass. Av samma anledning är det många som firar dagen med en massipantåta (marsipantårta).
      The reason is that this particular date is pronounced in a distinctive way in many Småland dialects: fi'st Thu'sday in Ma'ch. For the same reason, many people celebrate the day with a ma'zipan cake (marzipan cake).

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