[TAG] Accents

[Rick Moen]

Quoting Dave Williams (dlwilliams at aristotle.net):

>  In aviation the 't' in buffet is always pronounced.

I'll just note in passing that this is an application of the second
sense of the word I mentioned, the one meaning "a blow" (noun) or "to
strike" (verb).

[Quoting word-detectve.com:]

> I remember hearing and reading about "smorgasbords" fairly often during 
> the Scandinavian craze that swept the U.S. in the mid-1960s (the same 
> period during which everyone received a fondue pot for Christmas). 

And, just to clarify, fondue pots (albeit indeed a silly '60s fad) are
not Scandinavian, but rather Swiss.