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| | | (...) I'm not sure if it's at all related, but the one that makes my neck hairs bristle every time I hear it is, "my bad". I don't know what it's short for, if anything, or what exactly it means, but it bothers me for some reason. :) Allan B. (22 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | Re: Geek Speak? —Bruce Schlickbernd
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| | | | | (...) My mistake, my error, my bad judgment, mea culpa, oops, excuse me. -->Bruce<-- (22 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | Re: Geek Speak? —Allan Bedford
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| | | | | | (...) More or less as I had figured. But I can't help wondering... why don't people just use those perfectly good expressions? :) Sending an email that says, "oops, my mistake" just seems so much more real than saying, "my bad." The second one (...) (22 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Geek Speak? —Bruce Schlickbernd
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| | | | | | (...) Because every generation wants to communicate in it's own terms. It always has been, and it always will. Besides, "My bad" is so much cooler than any of the others. Anything is better than my generation's, "We need a meaningful dialogue." :-) (...) (22 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Geek Speak? —Erick Jensen
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| | | | | | | I know, I hate the my bad crap. I think the ebonics went too far and influenced too many white kids. But this is one that bugs me. The 'l33t' speak crap. The using numbers to work for letters but then they forget what it means and go too far. For (...) (22 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Geek Speak? —Geoffrey Hyde
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| | | | | | | | "HACKSOR"? That's the device that plumbers use to cut metal pipes with. ;-) [Correct spelling is "hacksaw".] NOTE: Although you translated it out to the word you mentioned above, they actually call people like that "HAXXORS" or some "l33t" (cough) (...) (22 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Geek Speak? —Allan Bedford
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| | | | | | (...) More real dude. You know, like totally less bogus. (...) Now... how do I get rid of it? All the best, Like totally Allan (22 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | Re: Geek Speak? —Sean Devolites
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| | | | (...) You know, its a good thing you don't listen to my conversations : ) "my bad" just rolls of the tounge easier, go ahead, say it, then say "my mistake". Which is easier to say in a hurry? Hasta la Vista, Sean (22 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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