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[Leo Bueno]

I have recently heard some folk say "my bad" when meaning "my error",
"my fault", etc.

Your thoughts?

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[david56]

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[Raymond S. Wise]

I'm the only one who uses an expression something like "standard informal
English," in this group, namely "informal Standard American English. "My
bad" is not a standard usage, but a nonstandard one, specifically, a slang
usage.

Note that I'm using "standard" here as a technical term: Although a
nonstandard dialect may consistently use a given usage, that does not make
that usage "standard," which is a term limited to describing matters
involving the standard dialect. So if, for example, a nonstandard dialect
made consistent use of "wunst" for "once," that would not make "wunst" a
standard usage.

I'm also using "slang" as a technical term. It does not mean any informal
usage whatever, but is limited to certain types of informal usage. "That's
me" is informal, for example, but it is not slang.

The concept of "informal Standard American English" is used by other people
in this group, although they may not use the exact term. They would say, for
example, that contractions like "can't" are perfectly acceptable in spoken
English, but often unacceptable in formal written documents. This concept
goes back at least to 1927, when linguist George Philip Krapp, while
defining the terms used in his book *A Comprehensive Guide to Good English*
(New York: Rand McNally & Company) in the introductory pages, says the
following under the entry for "standard":


[quote]

Manifestly standard speech is not all of one type, for a usage may be
standard colloquial, like _He isn't,_ or standard literary, as in those
constructions peculiar to the style of writing in prose and verse.

[end quote]


I've argued that Krapp recognized the concept as far back as 1909:

See
http://www.google.com/groups?safe=images&ie=UTF-8&as_umsgid=ue47mticpfeib1@corp.supernews.com&lr=&hl=en

or

http://tinyurl.com/5ckey


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[Harvey Van Sickle]

[Whingeing Ninja]

I like it. Short, sharp and snappy (along with impeccable pop culture
references).

wn

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[meirman]

Isn't it already less popular? I don't know what people are saying in
its place, something new or something old, whatever that would be, but
I haven't heard My bad for quite a while.

s/ meirman If you are emailing me please
say if you are posting the same response.

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Indianapolis, 7 years
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