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I always thought "faux pas" was the "old school" way of spelling it, similar to "neighbour" versus "neighbor". Spell-checkers usually accept "fopas". Hmmm, inte
by tabtab 8y ago
I always thought "faux pas" was the "old school" way of spelling it, similar to "neighbour" versus "neighbor". Spell-checkers usually accept "fopas". Hmmm, interesting linguistic mystery.
- mattnewport 8y ago"Neighbour" vs "neighbor" is not "old school". One is the correct way to spell it in British English, the other is the correct way to spell it in American English. "Faux pas" comes from French and so is spelled the way it is spelled in French. There's no linguistic mystery, "fopas" is just not a word.
- tabtab 8y agoTell that to spell-checker companies, or at least the Google Chrome team. And UK English is considered "old school" by some, similar to the "old world" versus "new world" labels. But arguing over words and words about words is probably off topic.