Pizz

Grade 6 quartet this morning.  The piece we worked on for most of this morning has a pattern of repeated quavers that is shared between all the parts, and we played it in various ways to determine if we wanted smooth or not, how to slur if we were slurring, and then we tried a section pizzicato (plucked).  It sounded fabulous that way, so the pencil was shared around (I was the only one who brought one today) so the girls could write pizz in their parts.  While the cellist was writing, the violins were fiddling around with their parts. 

Cello gasped, head snapped up, then: Oh no.  Oh.  Um. 
Me: Oh - what is it?
Cello: Oh no.  How - how do you spell pizz?
Me: P-I-Z-Z
Cello:  Oh no.  I used an 'S'.  Two of them!
Me: So you've written-
Cello [both of us starting to giggle]: Yep.  Piss.  It's in my part now!  [a bit louder] Does anyone have a rubber?  This is important.
Viola: Why?
Cello: Because... because I wrote 'piss' in my part.  I need to change them to 'Z's! 
Viola: Ooh, that's a swear word!
Cello: No it's not, not really.  It's just a naughty word for pee.
Violin 2: Well, it's rude if you put 'off' after it.

Thankfully, Viola had a rubber handy, and the situation was rectified.