Penmanship [Was: Illinois bans male pronoun]

[Baker, John]

I remember using "my bad" in 1981, and I think it was around a few years earlier.
 
 
John Baker
 

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From: American Dialect Society on behalf of Laurence Horn
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Subject: Re: Penmanship [Was: Illinois bans male pronoun]



At 6:19 PM -0600 1/4/07, Rowan McMullin wrote:
>Is the related "my bad" more recent or older?
>
>-Rowan

Older than '99 for sure.  For example, Bob Greene wrote a column in
the 11/3/97 Chicago Tribune and syndicated elsewhere in which he
cites various linguists, including yours truly, weighing in on the
origin and significance of "my bad".

LH

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