Sorry, my mistake. I'll try to keep in mind the international flavor of
the audience here and use less American slang... assuming I can
recognize my American slang. :-)
Chuck Norcutt
James Royall wrote:
>
> On Sat, 15 Jul 2006 06:46:56 -0400, "Chuck Norcutt"
> <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxx> said:
>
>
>>Sorry, my bad.
>
>
> OK. Seeing as this list seems to have a higher proportion of people
> interested (obsessed) by grammar and language than the average
> population it seems the perfect place to ask about this expression. I
> first heard it from an American I worked with, and I thought she had
> forgotten to finish her sentence. I still think 'your bad what?'
> whenever I see it written or hear it. I've been around a few Americans
> since the age of 15 and didn't ever hear it until about 18 months ago.
> Has it always been around but just not used by the people I know,
> including my wife, her family, extended family and friends? If so, who
> uses it? If it's recent where did it come from? Our American Heritage
> dictionary lists bad as an adjective, and has the archaic use as the
> past tense of bid, but nothing else.
>
> I'm curious,
> James
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