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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".

What people don't know how to say horses overies? How else would you say it?

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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What people don't know how to say horses overies? How else would you say it?

Horse doovers.

>Horse doovers.

whore's doovers comes closer to the way I learnt it.

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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What people don't know how to say horses overies? How else would you say it?

num�ro hors s�rie 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 s�rie adj.inv. : 1. one-of-a-kind adj. 2. unparalleled adj. 3. unique adj. 4. extraordinary adj.
hors champ expr. : 1. off camera expr. [Cin�ma]
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.

You left out my favorite: hors de service 'out of order'.

An opera overture might be called an hors d'oeuvre.