# Another pronunciation vexation - crudites **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 11, 2025, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-pronunciation-vexation-crudites/1025618 "2025-12-11T17:32:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2025, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-pronunciation-vexation-crudites/1025618/21 "2025-12-12T13:20:10Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Which is pronounced “horse doovers”. I always prefered “horses ovaries” But the French pronounciations aren’t hard to master and are what we use. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2025, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-pronunciation-vexation-crudites/1025618/22 "2025-12-12T13:30:07Z")
I learned everything I know about crudites from Dr. Oz. I’m bringing the Doc Oz crudites special to my next party: Carrots, broccoli, asparagus, guacamole, salsa, and tequila! > **[Dr. Oz Goes Shopping](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTR2PVNOGow%2F)** > > FACT CHECK: Dr. Oz struggled his way through a minor shopping trip. Don’t worry, we’ve got you Doc.The Lincoln Project is a leading pro-democracy organizatio... ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2025, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-pronunciation-vexation-crudites/1025618/23 "2025-12-12T13:59:37Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > I don’t recall that. I DO remember Huck and Jim having that discussion in _his_ book. Thanks for the correction. I was going from long ago and definitely uncertain memory. Before my posting above I did some searching for a cite hoping to quote the passage (it’s not long). And mostly came up with slop and cites to French translations of _Tom Sawyer_. So gave up and ran with long ago memory. Just now I tried searching for that passage with the correct protagonist. Same problem. Lotta cites to French translations or French language explanations of the books and characters. Nothing that’s the relevant excerpt. That I could find. You may be more skilled than I. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2025, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-pronunciation-vexation-crudites/1025618/24 "2025-12-12T14:11:37Z")
Open _The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn_ (a digital version). Search for “Polly voo frenzy”. It’ll take you right there. Pretty funny passage. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2025, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-pronunciation-vexation-crudites/1025618/25 "2025-12-12T14:48:57Z")
Thanks — I’m enjoying the relevant chapter now (chapter 14, at Project Gutenberg). ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2025, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-pronunciation-vexation-crudites/1025618/26 "2025-12-12T15:22:45Z")
Here we all go: **[HUCKLEBERRY FINN, By Mark Twain, Part 3.](https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/7102/pg7102-images.html#c14)**. The French bit starts a couple screens down from the chapter beginning, but it’s worth reading from the beginning to set the scene. Sometimes it takes a (small) village for us to get to a cite, but we always do. Yaay us! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-pronunciation-vexation-crudites/1025618.md?page=1)