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Park Avenue is offline Park Avenue
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Liberal and defender of freedoms for the people
Oct 1999
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Thr--- (words such as throat, threat, thrush, etc...)
Flandrien is offline Flandrien
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May 2000
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I think 'third' is about the most difficult to pronounce correctly for non-native English speakers.
Park Avenue is offline Park Avenue
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Dry is offline Dry
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Threw or through.

PS: "thr" is a nightmare for french natives. Imagine a french trying to say: "I threw three threads through the window"
"I sroo sree sreads sroo ze vindow"?
"I troo tree treads troo te windo"?
if not: "I froo free Freds froo ve vindow"?
Flandrien is offline Flandrien
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Belgium
May 2000
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And third becomes turd.
Richelieu is offline Richelieu
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Dec 2001
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Mais... c'est Dupont et Dupond !!!

Dry is offline Dry
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Mais... c'est Dupont et Dupond !!!

Je dirais meme plus, moi c'est Dry avec d.
Rasbelin is offline Rasbelin
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Tampere (Tammerfors), Finland
Nov 1999
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Massachusetts
Sir Ralph is offline Sir Ralph
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Long live teh Schwampel!
Dec 2001
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Richelieu is offline Richelieu
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Gatineau
Dec 2001
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Entrepreneur.

edit: And why couldn't you make up an easier one for yourselves: "Enterpriser" comes to mind.
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Apr 2000
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Captain Antilles is offline Captain Antilles
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Mar 1999
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Dauphin is offline Dauphin
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Jan 1970
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Sobriquet (in french) = nickname


Means an assumed name in English. At least I think it does.
Kitschum is offline Kitschum
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Immer an der Grenze
Oct 2001
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Economy is a lousy word, for sure.
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Sep 2001
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People always seem to misunderstand the word "nigardly". No, it has no relation to the that other N word.
 
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