Please, everyone please tell me you are not following the petty trends of Hillary Duff and Law and Order when stating that a particular bad is yours. Those sorts of phrases shit me to tears.

And even worse, once this whole au-us free trade agreement kicks in, all us aussies will probably have to claim our bads too.

...

I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about.

That's probably a good sign.

In Response to tynic (#20257):

Oh sorry, I didn't explain myself.

My Bad.

In Response to unFalln (#20258):

I know everybody has their little pet peeves, and i'm certainly not going to deny your feelings nor imply that your criticisms aren't meaningful. For instance, i hate it when people don't screw the cap back on the tube of toothpaste. But....

This reminds me of a conversation i had just a few hours ago with my friend Tony. Now, i don't like much of the Orwellian trend toward NewSpeak that is pervasive in our "cultures". I dislike the intentional "dumbing down" of expression, so to speak. However, is it really such a big deal when people adopt certain idioms and colloquialisms because they feel they are more efficient, or easier to say, or sound more silly? Tony told me that his English teacher in high school (mid-1960s) used to object when people said "TV", insisting that it was a "slang expression, and people should say 'television', in order to avoid sounding lazy and ignorant".

thPkLaaxhtphzznzthpbthpbthpbt!!! Sort of an elitist quibble, wouldn't you agree? I mean, unless you are specifically dealing with a context wherein the usage of "TV" might be mistaken for some other meaning (perhaps you're referring to the transvestite, and not the talking-picture-box??) is it really a big deal when people use the acronym or contraction instead of the longer word or phrase? Isn't one of the beauties of language its ability to evolve and reflect different ideas or intentions by gradually mutating and being altered during usage?

Now, i will admit, if people go to extremes with slang (or worse: with NewSpeak!), they might risk becoming unintelligible, and they might cause some of the subtleties of language to atrophy. Then the whole argument about linguistic beauty is moot. But if you understand what they mean, and they uttered the words which they felt comfortable using, then what's the big deal?

Whatsyerbeef? ;-)

In Response to unFalln (#20258):

I'm just confused is all.

I mean, I knew y'all were backwards down there.

But "My Bad" has been out of vogue for at least 8 years.

I expected you to be a little LESS backwards than that.

In Response to unFalln (#20258):

"my bad" is sooooo 1996...

And remember Hillary Duff is exactly like Brittney Spears, except younger. So I wouldn't judge society by her.

In Response to Dynedain (#20268):

"my bad" is sooooo 1996...

Yeah. The Hip people these days say

"All your bad are belong to us".

In Response to zamphir (#20270):

Nope, that was 2002

And we're past the "In Soviet Russia, you belong to Bad" as well

In Response to Dynedain (#20268):

If it's so 1996, how come it's still used so much? I thought everyone would be sick of it by now. And don't tell me that it's not used anymore, because it's on these forums that tipped the scales.

I'm not preventing anyone from using it, It's just that I have an allergic reaction where my right eye develops a tick and the joints in my fingers and neck go rigid.

In Response to unFalln (#20286):

So...

It's a party trick?

In Response to zamphir (#20287):

You should see my dance to I Will Survive.

In Response to unFalln (#20290):

You should see my dance to I Will Survive.

I'm sure that can be arranged.

I have agents in Australia, doncha know. And not the ones you think, neither.

In Response to zamphir (#20291):

I'd be impressed if you had agents that could actually find me, get me too drunk to care, dress me up in a thong dress and make me do the dance.

These agents better be girls too... who like... stuff...

In Response to unFalln (#20292):

I'm afraid you'll have to settle for large, surly men.

In Response to zamphir (#20293):

Just like on brides.ru.

In Response to unFalln (#20286):

Well, it's no longer the "cool thing to say." Back then, people said it with much emphasis so that people would notice they were saying it and stop to think about how l33t they were to be using such a phrase. Either that, or they said it in a very cutesy way such that the listener just couldn't help but forgive the speaker for whatever it was that was bad.

Then it became overused and cliched, people responded like you are, and it was mainly used facetiously (with same ridiculous emphasis) for a bit.

Now, people mutter it to themselves while correcting a grammar mistake their friend just pointed out on their term paper, and nobody really notices or thinks much about it.

So really, you're only one step behind. It sounds like maybe part of your problem is listening to Hillary Duff, who is probably still stuck in the "cutesy" 1996 phase (even though she was like two years old then), making you think you're ahead of the game. Maybe you should just stop paying any attention to Hillary Duff, I think your life as a whole would be better for it.

Be glad you're not getting into a trade agreement with China. "My bad" is certainly a step up from

"Me so solly."

As far as I am concerned, 'my bad' has been a full part of the U.S. lexicon for at least 10-15 years. Although there have been peaky cool periods, I would say its use has been constant, much the same way 'awesome' had its little peak there, but still is fully adopted. We're stuck with this doggie. At least it promotes acceptance of blame, something we all could do a little more.

I find it prawn-burningly ironic that this complaint is coming from Australia, home of the least self-conscious cornballs that speak the English language. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but get some decent shorts and bid adieu to g'day, mate, before you start throwing rocks.

In Response to deerboy (#20308):

"G'day, mate" isn't corny. It's self-consciously ironic.

The shorts, we have no excuse for. I apologise.

In Response to tynic (#20315):

It's self-consciously ironic.

Maybe when you say it.

From my (old, limited?) experience, any irony must typically be extremely subtle. Sublety is also not an Australian trump card.

Then again, I say 'howdy' sometimes.

In Response to deerboy (#20317):

any irony must typically be extremely subtle. Sublety is also not an Australian trump card.

The fact that you think that proves that it is. (Except amongst queenslanders, naturally. If that's where your limited experience is coming from, all is explained).

In Response to tynic (#20318):

Quoinslanders loike to sweem at their pewls at schoil. Honestly, mate.

In Response to snipergirl (#20319):

This is me, refusing to comment.

In Response to tynic (#20318):

The fact that you cannot prove that I haven't jammed my keyboard up your arse proves that I have.

From you arguments, I can only conclude that Americans must be the most subtle people on the planet.

P.S. Please take Wiggles back.

In Response to deerboy (#20355):

Wait, you're american?

PS OK, but you can keep the ugly one. Don't pretend you don't know who I'm talking about.

Am I allowed to use "Sucks to be you" any more?

I mean, I will anyway, but I thought I'd ask first, you know?

Cause I just got a somewhat random product announcement from a software company, in which the person making the announcement said "Sorry for the delay in the notice I had my jaw broken 10 days ago and was out of commission."

And all I could think, aside from everything else at the time, was "sucks to be you."

Everything else included a lot of "I'm not going to buy or use this product, but it's nice to know it exists".