Faux-pax Faux-pas #
Posted Wednesday 4th June 2008 12:31 GMT
Is misspelling a French phrase a faux-pas?
Posted Wednesday 4th June 2008 12:31 GMT
as opposed to open gumment inaction
Clearly, HMG have taken underwear exposure lessons from dear Paris
Posted Wednesday 4th June 2008 12:31 GMT
... leaving one's chastity belt on display then, if nothing naughty could happen after exposure?
Posted Wednesday 4th June 2008 12:31 GMT
Sounds like the code monkies responsible should show up to the Reg event that has ll these yellow banners littered around the page. I thought it was a comical irony at first then realised it's in the Security section *slaps self*. UK.gov could do with a few reps there too for that matter :)
Paris cos she's just as stupid
Posted Wednesday 4th June 2008 12:31 GMT
Is misspelling a French phrase a faux-pas?
Posted Wednesday 4th June 2008 12:44 GMT
seem to have created a "perpetual IT f**k-ups engine"
Just like buses , there'll be another gov't IT f**k-up along soon.
Posted Wednesday 4th June 2008 13:11 GMT
Ah, I see what you did there.
You made the latin - 'non-sequitur' - sound all French-like by changing it to 'nom-sequitur'. A cunning linguist indeed.
Or maybe it was a typo...
Posted Friday 6th June 2008 00:39 GMT
"Faux pas" literally means "bad step". In other words, someone guilty of a "faux pas" just had a stumble on the social walk of life.
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