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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?
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
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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.
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.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell