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From: Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Tuesday Night Dinner Plans? 12/17/2024
Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2024 16:24:12 +1100
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On Sun, 29 Dec 2024 05:14:14 +0000, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net
(ItsJoanNotJoAnn) wrote:

>On Sun, 29 Dec 2024 4:40:43 +0000, Dave Smith wrote:
>
>> On 2024-12-28 11:22 p.m., Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
>>
>>> I've had to google the spelling of hors d'oeuvre twice in the last week.
>>> Talk about throwing random letters together to make a word!
>>
>> Whores' drawers
>>
>>
>But the spelling looks like "horses doers."

orduvr

There's no h in French, the e at the end is silent, the s is also not
pronounced and, for the pedantic, the oe is a ligature in French :)

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Bruce
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