Can we please ban 'my bad'?

[Andy in Sig]

It occurs to me that being a bit of a numpty, he might have got the phonemes the wrong way round i.e. he meant to say "my" but that was a bit difficult for him so he said "I'm".

 

[John the Monkey]

I'm guilty of this, and as the op points out, it is annoying.

 

[Rhythm Thief]

The English getting sniffy about American usage is nothing new. Dickens was very snotty about words such as "seafood" and "dirt road", claiming no one knew what was meant by such outlandish words. You'd have to be pretty dim not to work it out . Likewise with "my bad". It's not one I use, but it's fairly obvious what it means.

 

[yello]

You'd have to be pretty dim not to work it out . Likewise with "my bad". It's not one I use, but it's fairly obvious what it means.

In fairness, it wasn't immediately obvious to me and I don't class myself as dim. I had to hear it a few times before I realised it was deliberate, a new language form and not just a mistake or non-native speaker construction.

 

[Aperitif]

All this linguistic terrorism - I'm going to see if Andy can get in touch with Meinbaader Hoff - something like that anyway!

 

[summerdays]

not just a mistake or non-native speaker construction.

It must be confusing for them the slang that our children now regularly use... my daughter's got her aural test today... I'm assuming she doesn't know much German slang to make it more authentic.

 

[John the Monkey]

how does the panel feel about "Mea Culpa", which conveys a similar sentiment - an acceptable substitution?

 

[Fnaar]

how does the panel feel about "Mea Culpa", which conveys a similar sentiment - an acceptable substitution?

Your good

 

[philipbh]

What's wrong with "sorry"?

Surely its two different things

Mark: Mea culpa, Heinrich!

Heinreich: Say sorry then..?

Mark: No

"Everybody": Sits down for a bit

 

[Fnaar]

"Mea culpa" is an acceptance of fault, which is stronger isn't it? You could compromise on "my mistake" I suppose.

Yeah, but why not shorten it a bit... something like "my bad" should do!

 

[Aperitif]

Your good

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Wiki, who are never wrong , already have 'my bad' as the English translation of mea culpa.

Mea culpa is a Latin phrase that translates into English as "my bad", or "my own fault". To emphasize the message, the adjective "maxima" may be inserted, resulting in "mea maxima culpa," which would translate as "my most [grievous] fault."

 

[Fnaar]

To emphasize the message, the adjective "maxima" may be inserted, resulting in "mea maxima culpa," which would translate as "my most [grievous] fault."

...or "my BIG bad"

 

[threebikesmcginty]

I'd never heard of 'my bad' until yesterday - I'm lovin' it now

 

[Bollo]

Or for Orwell fans....

"my ungood"