THE FAUX PAS

One day, Bertie Wooster was reading a book. On the very first page he came across an unfamiliar word. So he called out to Jeeves.
     "Jeeves, what is this 'fox pass'?"
    " What is what , sir?"
     "'Fox pass', Jeeves."
    "Oh, that would be 'faux pas' - pronounced "foh pah",sir
     "Yes, dash it, whatever."
    "Well sir, let me explain it this way. Do you remember last weekend when Miss Plushbottom came to stay for the weekend?"
     "Yes."
     "And do you remember how on Sunday morning you pricked your finger on a rose thorn ?"
     "Yes."
     "And do you remember how, later, at breakfast, Miss Plushbottom asked you, 'Is your prick still throbbing, Bertie?', And and you dropped a pot of marmalade all over ?"
     "Yes, Jeeves"
    "Well, that, sir, was a "faux pas"
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