use of "my bad"

Arnold Zwicky zwicky at STANFORD.EDU
Fri May 29 16:35:45 UTC 2009


On May 29, 2009, at 9:18 AM, Jon Lighter wrote:

> Hence the acro, "FWIW."

you expressed an opinion, in pretty strong terms.  i asked what the
evidence was for it.  appending "FWIW" to your opinion doesn't protect
you from questions about the basis of your opinion.

arnold

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