The word for the sweet dish that is often served near the end of a dinner party comes from a Canadian mis-spelling of desert.
Dessert was Canada's gift to the rest of the world.
Canadians invented the sayings,
"That desert looks too big to eat." and
"Would you like snow on that desert?" and
"The strawberries on that dessert are easier to see than a mounted policeman sneaking up on you in the snow."
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