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Charles Foster Kane replied

12 January 2009, 13:14
Originally posted by Peoplesoft bloke View Post

A lot of you young people of today keep typing (ans saying for all I know) "my bad" instead of "my mistake" or something similar - where does this come from?

It's been around for ages, as mentioned above it's from America.

Do you never travel outside of your crisp packet old man?
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bogeyman replied

12 January 2009, 13:13
Originally posted by threaded View Post

Bad is a very old word in English. A "Bad" was a weak and/or effeminate man.
"My bad" used to mean something like "My gimp".

Bad has changed meaning quite a bit and in Victorian Times came to mean a tough guy, i.e. exactly opposite of the original meaning.

That Michael Jackson song makes so much more sense now.

Because I'm Bad, I'm Bad...
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Bagpuss replied

12 January 2009, 13:11
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threaded replied

12 January 2009, 13:06
Originally posted by Peoplesoft bloke View Post

A lot of you young people of today keep typing (ans saying for all I know) "my bad" instead of "my mistake" or something similar - where does this come from?

Bad is a very old word in English. A "Bad" was a weak and/or effeminate man.
"My bad" used to mean something like "My gimp".

Bad has changed meaning quite a bit and in Victorian Times came to mean a tough guy, i.e. exactly opposite of the original meaning.
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EternalOptimist replied

12 January 2009, 12:07
Originally posted by Mich the Tester View Post

You can't even do 'crap grammar' can you? It should be 'I sooo don't wanna know'.

innit?

some of us are just not cut out to be crap
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Mich the Tester replied

12 January 2009, 12:06
Originally posted by EternalOptimist View Post

I do sooo not want to know

You can't even do 'crap grammar' can you? It should be 'I sooo don't wanna know'.

innit?
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EternalOptimist replied

12 January 2009, 12:05
Originally posted by Bagpuss View Post

Why do people on X-Factor etc. sing in American Accents?

I do sooo not want to know
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Bagpuss replied

12 January 2009, 12:04
Why do people on X-Factor etc. sing in American Accents?
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TimberWolf replied

12 January 2009, 12:03
Originally posted by Peoplesoft bloke View Post

A lot of you young people of today keep typing (ans saying for all I know) "my bad" instead of "my mistake" or something similar - where does this come from?

You'll often see sentences ending with "No?" too, though its use is probably not restricted to youngsters. It probably has foreign origins. No?
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DimPrawn replied

12 January 2009, 11:50
Respect!
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PM-Junkie replied

12 January 2009, 11:46
Originally posted by Peoplesoft bloke View Post

A lot of you young people of today keep typing (ans saying for all I know) "my bad" instead of "my mistake" or something similar - where does this come from?

Some of us not-so-young folk use it on occasion too, cause we is hip and happening....
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voodooflux replied

12 January 2009, 11:03
Originally posted by Peoplesoft bloke View Post

A lot of you young people of today keep typing (ans saying for all I know) "my bad" instead of "my mistake" or something similar - where does this come from?

Some background on it here.
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cailin maith replied

12 January 2009, 10:58
Originally posted by Peoplesoft bloke View Post

A lot of you young people of today keep typing (ans saying for all I know) "my bad" instead of "my mistake" or something similar - where does this come from?

I don't get it either...
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Mich the Tester replied

12 January 2009, 10:57
Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post

America.

Have a nice day.

Then let’s send it back with a demand for a refund.
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DimPrawn replied

12 January 2009, 10:53
America.

Have a nice day.
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