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Yep, it's kind of different not just in pronounciation, but also more in the way it is written and the sounds that the "letters" refer to. I think you answered my question. =P
Sometimes the subtle differences are really difficult, even though they have no real influence on the pronounciation, like.. umm. I can't really think of a good example french english, but a close example would be "garderobe" and wardrobe (about equal meaning in norwegian/english). What's even more confusing to me is the name of certain things like "paprika" and "pepper". It took us about ten minutes to work out the differences with our bilingual canadian french teacher. Paprika would be the round sweet pepper /Capsicum in norwegian and I think also in french, but only the seasoning in english. Our teacher tried to explain that it was referring to the vegetable in french, but most thought so already as they probably didn't know that it was something different in english. In norwegian "pepper" is referring to "poivre"/peppercorns, paprika the vegetable as mentioned and chilis the hotter and smaller types (chili pepper) to add to the confusion.. =P
It's really surprising sometimes to discover what type of errors that really are common. I remember attending a french class in Cannes with russians and koreans mostly and some of the koreans had huge problems with the "ou" sound in "vous". Voulez-vous turned out "veulez-veut" (in french), which seemed strange to me. I also remember a chinese lady who managed to say "r (not the french "r" but rather the rolled one found in spanish and swedish) in the beginning of certain words, but she had no chance pronouncing it correctly within words. O.o
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