bad spellers untie... or something

Everyone has pet peeves- little things that just grate on them, the "fingers on a chalkboard" for those of us of a certain age (not me- it never bothered me, but it did others). And it's fun to discuss them once in a while, to learn a bit more about your acquaintances. What irritates you may be NOTHING to another. What drives your neighbor up a wall may be "just another day in paradise" to you.

I don't usually get irritated over misspellings (even when it's my name that is misspelled) or misused words or other English class errors. But lately- I've become more sensitive or people don't mind appearing more ignorant or they ARE less educated.

For some reason the local florists have taken to running newspaper ads using the work "bo-kay". I've run ads in the paper, they don't charge by the letter. I'm not an English major, I've never pretended to be an eloquent wordsmith - but it just looks WRONG to spell a common word like bouquet wrong on purpose.

And another peeve- Someone PLEASE tell me if it's a regional thing- the word that means 'social blunder' I've always pronounced "foe-paw"; I just heard someone say "foo (like moo)- paw" Is that just a local thing? or just a "that person" thing? I've never head it said 'foo-paw' before. FAUX doesn't look like "foo" would be a possible pronunciation.

I recently heard "faux" mispronounced with a popular hairstyle... the faux-hawk, an almost/pretend mohawk. I guess not everyone saw that season of American Idol, when we all learned what it was, and how to pronounce it. Instead of saying "foe-hawk", it was pronounced "fox-hawk". I can understand that "faux" looks like it could be said "fox"..... but it still grates on my nerves.