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trompe l'oeil is not only hard to spell correctly it's nearly impossible to pronounce ... I'm never sure what is right.
Sorta' tromp loray?
wow - what a great pun!!!!! but there are bound to be a few who need it explaining, so I will do so. "tromp loray" would be "trompe l'oreille" or "to deceive the ear" which in context I think is very funny. "trompe l'oeil" is more like "tromp loy/loey". Sort of a texan "o". Notice how Garth Brooks uses every vowel sound there is so noone feels left out!
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