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#149950 11/07/05 12:53 PM
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One of the *correctly* used French culinary terms in America (unlike "entree"). But I never understood why it is pronounced in English by transposing the "r" and the "v". I guess it's easier to say it that way for native English speakers.

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ask Brett Favre...

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