I was told after commiting an embarrassing faux pasThere I go again! Head-slap to the forehead-e] by adding a superfluous de that only snobby, uppity Spaniards had the audacity to use it any other way than that which I have outlined above

BTW,
faux paux - googled - 4840
faux pax - googled - 2480
faux-pax - googled - 1240
faux-paux -googled - 1410
faux -pax - googled - 800,000

Guess you gotta watch where you put the spaces. I saw faux paux on a listing in French so I am assuming that to be the correct spelling. It's late and I don't think in French.