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#149952 - 11/07/05 08:53 AM hors d'oeuvre
ahurtgen stranger Registered: 11/07/05 Posts: 1	This word gives many Americans a headache with its pronunciation and spelling. My favorite of the latter used to be advertised by a local motel bar/restaurant: "Every day 5 to 7: Hour Dovers".
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#149953 - 11/07/05 09:20 AM Re: hors d'oeuvre
of troy Carpal Tunnel Registered: 10/17/00 Posts: 5400 Loc: rego park	What people don't know how to say *horses overies*? How else would you say it? _________________________ my other obsession
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#149954 - 11/07/05 03:22 PM Re: hors d'oeuvre
RWTreehouse stranger Registered: 11/07/05 Posts: 1	It caught me on my blindside that the plural is added to the hors, so one doesn't have to add an "s" to the oeuvre. (As in crepes suzette).
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#149955 - 11/07/05 05:52 PM Re: hors d'oeuvre
Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13667	Quote: What people don't know how to say *horses overies*? How else would you say it? Horse doovers.
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#149956 - 11/07/05 09:55 PM Re: hors d'oeuvre
tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10472 Loc: this too shall pass	>Horse doovers. whore's doovers comes closer to the way I learnt it.
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#149957 - 11/07/05 10:48 PM Re: hors d'oeuvre
fuddybuddy stranger Registered: 11/07/05 Posts: 1	There is a children's book called "Family Sabbatical" in which a family travels in Europe. There are a few good mis-translations, including hors d'oeuvres meaning 'various horses hooves'.
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#149958 - 11/07/05 11:47 PM Re: hors d'oeuvre
inselpeter Pooh-Bah Registered: 03/14/01 Posts: 2379 Loc: New York City	Quote: What people don't know how to say *horses overies*? How else would you say it? numéro hors série n.m. : 1. special issue n. [Journalisme] hors d'haleine adj. : 1. breathless adj. 2. winded adj. hors de prix adj. : 1. priceless adj. hors pair adj. : 1. unequaled adj. 2. unparalleled adj. hors pareil adj. : 1. matchless adj. hors série adj.inv. : 1. one-of-a-kind adj. 2. unparalleled adj. 3. unique adj. 4. extraordinary adj. hors champ expr. : 1. off camera expr. [Cinéma] hors de question expr. : 1. out of the question expr. And there are loads more. But hors d'oeuvre just SEEMS TO BE something apart from the real meal.
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#149959 - 11/08/05 09:06 AM Re: hors d'oeuvre
zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/13/05 Posts: 3271 Loc: R'lyeh	You left out my favorite: hors de service 'out of order'. _________________________ Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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#149960 - 11/08/05 09:47 AM Re: hors d'oeuvre
inselpeter Pooh-Bah Registered: 03/14/01 Posts: 2379 Loc: New York City	An opera overture might be called an hors d'oeuvre. Edited by inselpeter (11/08/05 09:49 AM)
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