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GORDON
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Do you think in most American casual dining places they're called "Starters" or "Appies" because most Americans would not know what the word hors d'oeuvre means?
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GORDON wrote: Thu Mar 02, 2023 10:07 pmhors d'oeuvre
I think that word is just too french. why not say appetizers? (Appies??)
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True story:

I believe in junior year I was asleep in French class and the teacher woke me up with that word on a card shoved in my face saying, "How do you pronounce this?"

It was a word I knew well being interested in food, having traveled, yada yada yada. However, I was not being funny when I said, "Whores De Vors". The class laughed, but I was embarrassed.
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