Victorian pudding: Before the Victorian times the christmas pudding was actual a staple of the British diet, it was a way of preserving meat, and was only became confectiony during Victorian times.
Welsh has several words for 'yes', but doesn't really have a word for 'no'; they basically say 'not yes
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Sweden had a colony in America called New Sweden and was first neutral country to recognize America as independent nation even before Britain did
Sweden is like America's "honorary uncle"
Though that is my theory how colonization works the main/most influential are the "parents" while secondary countries are "aunts/uncles" like England is America parent because colonized the most land in the east coast and Sweden and Netherlands are uncle/aunt because they colonized just a small part in East Coast