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Bookmark or Share- Is "my bad" a correct English phrase?Concrete Gannet is right. "my bad" is very much an Americanism. I had not heard this until recently, and was baffled when I did.
- etymology - Why is "bade" pronounced "bad"? - English Language & Usage ...bæd; had the word developed exactly like sit ~ sat, we’d have bid ~ bad instead of bid ~ bade. (Indeed, bad is common in Middle English; the spelling bade for the 1st and 3rd sing. past tense only appears in later Middle English.) The spelling bade, on the other hand, corresponds to the long vowel in the Old English past plural and 2nd sing ...
- Interpreting "not bad" - English Language & Usage Stack ExchangeIt's common in English to use these types of statements where a direct answer might seem too assertive. For example, if you'd asked me how I had been lately, I might say "not bad", rather than "good", as being good implies being better than normal, whereas not bad is just not bad.
- "Washroom", "restroom", "bathroom", "lavatory", "toilet" or "toilet room"I've always been confused by the terms washroom, restroom, bathroom, lavatory, toilet and toilet room.My impression is that Canadians would rather say washroom while Americans would probably say bathroom or Saint John's in the same situation.
- "Good bye", "Bye", "Bye bye" - English Language & Usage Stack ExchangeStack Exchange Network. Stack Exchange network consists of 183 Q&A communities including Stack Overflow, the largest, most trusted online community for developers to learn, share their knowledge, and build their careers.
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