Is it Puss or is it Pus?
March 18th 2010 21:00
Photo of urine pus cells by Microrao. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
Whilst I was working away one day, my colleague told me he had an important announcement to make: “I have finished looking at all the images on the I can has Cheezburger? web site.”
My jaw dropped in amazement. Somehow, he managed to plough through six hundred pages of funny cat photos. He told me he had started in chronological order before switching to the reverse. Eventually, he hit the middle.
“What am I going to do during my breaks?” he asked.
“What about FAIL Blog?” I asked. Apart from Cheezburger, FAIL Blog is his favourite website.
“I’ve done that, too.”
“Engrish?”
“I’ve also done that one.”
I shook my head in amazement. I read books during my lunch break so I don’t understand the fascination of spending my free time on the computer.
I decided to take a short break as well. I started laughing as I told him about the Tonkinese-looking cat that, according to its name tag, was called Pus (pronounced Puss) that I saw on an episode of RSPCA Animal Rescue.
“The RSPCA officer pronounced the cat’s name as Puss but do you think the owners did intend to call it Pus?” I asked him.
“I think they couldn’t spell. Can you imagine someone saying, ‘Here, Pus, Pus, Pus, Pus…’ That’s disgusting.”
Disgusting is also my sister’s favourite word. She uses it whenever she finds something offensive. Her use is so commonplace that my friend Fred once joked, “Your sister should take out a patent on that word. ‘That’s disgusting.’ Everything’s disgusting.”
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