"Ron Wanttaja" wrote in message
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On Sat, 5 May 2007 11:45:52 -0400, "Dudley Henriques"
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"Dudley Henriques" wrote in message
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You are absolutely correct. Sorry for the "fowpah" :-))


A slip or blunder in etiquette, manners, or conduct, is a "faux pas". A
"fowpah" is a small, two-wheeled, cartlike utility vehicle pulled by one
person, formerly used widely in Tibet. They sound very much alike.
:-))

Actually, a fowpah is an FAA colloquial flying question segment dealing
with
an inquiry scenario as in a young FAA administrator pointing to the stick
in
an airplane and asking his pilot father,
"Hey......what's this thing fowpah?"

I always thought a "faux pa" was a step-father....

Ron Wanttaja

They "sound very much alike" I'm told :-))
DH