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Re: Geek Speak?
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Wed, 13 Nov 2002 03:20:49 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Allan Bedford writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
> > In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Allan Bedford writes:
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> > > 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.
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> > My mistake, my error, my bad judgment, mea culpa, oops, excuse me.
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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? :)
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." :-)
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> Sending an email that says, "oops, my mistake" just seems so much more real
> than saying, "my bad."
"More real"? What the heck is that? Do you mean more accurate, clearer,
less obtuse, more heartfelt, what?
:-)
The second one almost seems detached, as though by
> using this not so genuine expression, you aren't nearly as remorseful as you
> may seem.
It doesn't seem to carry as much of an onerus admission of unforgivable
guilt so it is easier to apologize (which seems to me a good thing).
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> Well, there I go over-analyzing again. My bad.
See, you got it!
-->Bruce<--
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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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| (...) 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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| (...) 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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