My Bad!

[AvailNetworks]

just curious why the hell people still say "my bad"

that phrase gives me an endless supply of gas and it has stuck around for years.

Are we destined to ruin the english language?

[brutetal]

because it means my fault?

We're not "ruining" the english language, we're just "changing" it.

[AvailNetworks]

it just sounds far more ridiculous than "sorry, my fault"

why bother changing something that is fine to begin with?

[tommi]

No one is changing nothing, it's a matter of how you use them.

My bad is sort of a "slang" for I'm sorry.

I personally use "my bad" everyday only when I'm with friends; the environment entitles me to do so. When I'm around customers/clients, I often use I'm sorry as it seems more appropriate.

[themoose]

What's wrong with it?

Would you rather we be speaking like Shakespeare did?

Because that's what language does. It evolves.

[brutetal]

Nope, I'm not very found of blank verse.
Yet, it's ironic that I'm speaking it.

[stuffradio]

The language is getting much more destroyed than "my bad". The slang people use on the street is much worse :o

[AvailNetworks]

yeah it definitely is. I remember when California I think it was tried to introduce ebonics as a mainstream language....that was a good laugh.

I know the english language is changing vs the shakespeare days but it seems lately everybody has to introduce a new slang word for every normal word. It is just getting a bit lame thats all.

Funny thing is that it just keeps sounding dumber and dumber, there is no progression in intelligence and when people us it they always have to hang their eyes at half mast and say it like they smoked 6lbs of pot.

[Yellowmc]

Peepz chat how dey like yo, if ya nah like it, chat 2 da hand, ya get me?

I guess people are just dumbing down the language they speak.

[Blank Verse]

Nope, I'm not very found of blank verse.
Yet, it's ironic that I'm speaking it.


What did I ever do to you? :p

[alley]

Yo' ...you musta' peed'em off :lol:


What did I ever do to you? :p

[Ben]

Rubberband man
Wild as the Taliban
9 in my right
45 in my other hand


I hate that song. This topic made me think of it.

BV's sh*t gon' get clocked

[Jan]

Heh, the first time I came across this "saying" was at FWS from memory and I thought the poster was a little kid who couldn't say "I am bad" correctly :o

[Ben]

Heh, the first time I came across this "saying" was at FWS from memory and I thought the poster was a little kid who couldn't say "I am bad" correctly :o

Those wacky Aussies!

[James]

Well, sometimes the english language comes up with some of the weirdest expressions possible!... I mean, "Yeah man", "Cool", "Peace!"...

I don't want to keep complaining... my bad.

[Weirds]

bad can be used as a noun

and if most people understand the use of "my bad", I think it's fine to use it.

[stuffradio]

Hmmm, I don't remember you weirds.. My bad :)

[brutetal]

What did I ever do to you? :p

lol You made it so their's only 10 syllables per line in a blank verse!

[Bruce]

Would you rather we all use "mea culpa"?

[stuffradio]

Hmmm, never heard of that before I googled it and it means "my fault" :p

[Matt8]

Its used a ton round here. I didn't even mean to start saying it but it wore off on me at some point over the years.

[Weirds]

Hmmm, I don't remember you weirds.. My bad :)

My [fault] that I don't show up often as a 2001 member

[stuffradio]

Hey, it's no problem :) lol :P

[Blank Verse]

Would you rather we all use "mea culpa"?

Everyone's so down on mea culpa these days :p

[stuffradio]

Hmmm, it's hard to say

[Eclouds]

oh my bad man

[Decker]

I just love the 'english' language arguments.
England is actually a country without a language of its own as it is simply over run by invaders who took over, so latin, germanic and scandinavian languages are a compot of what is now 'english'.
The fact that England is surrounded by countries that do have native languages must be a -----!

[Blank Verse]

England does have it's own native language.

It's called smarmy. :p

[Decker]

England does have it's own native language.

It's called smarmy. :p

I shouldn't laugh - but I'm going too :lol:

[notnamed]

Funny thing is that it just keeps sounding dumber and dumber, there is no progression in intelligence and when people us it they always have to hang their eyes at half mast and say it like they smoked 6lbs of pot.

First, stop hanging out with potheads. Second, that's odd, because I hear it from a general slice of the populace, and not necessarily just people with a wreath of marijuana smoke around their head. Finally, a downward progression is still a progression. ;) Just because to you it sounds less intelligent doesn't automatically make it bad.

[AvailNetworks]

a downward progression is a regression, and I don't hang out with potheads, I was saying when people say it they get a pot head look on their face.