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I must have been about 30 before I got it that "hors d'oeuvres" and "or durves" were the same thing. I guess the regional pronunciaiton (hate spelling that word) of water, WAH-dur, drives some people up the proverbial wall.
Friend of mine turned Penelope into PEE-neh-lope. Then there was a high school classmate who gave negligee an new definition - "one who neglects."
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