my bad (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Jonathan Lighter]

Bill was where the action was.

JL

On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 11:31 AM, Mullins, Bill AMRDEC <
Bill.Mullins at us.army.mil> wrote:

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> I heard it in high school, late 1970s in Nashville, TN.
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> > When did people start saying "my bad"? I never heard it in high school
> > in the late 70s in England and in university in the early 80s in
> > England. And I can't really remember when I first heard it in grad
> > school in the U.S., but it was probably in the early 90s. Or maybe I
> > wasn't listening and people have been saying it for centuries.
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> > Paul
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