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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Maybe we've been around this topic and back
again, but I always thought "my bad," heard in my high school from all
sports team members, came from a variation on "my fault," not "my
best," or "my bag," as others have suggested. When I first
heard it, I assumed it was one of the variations that teenagers seem to come up
with that are somewhat "childlike" in structure. I remember
doing this sort of regression as a teenager, although that was so long ago I
can't seem to remember examples. As I hear more and more people talk about
adult sport figures using it, though, I doubt myself.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Emily Olds</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>c/o <A
href="mailto:ansolds@massed.net">ansolds@massed.net</A></FONT></DIV>
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