my bad (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

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Not.

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> Bill was where the action was.
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> JL
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> 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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> > > Paul Frank
> > > Translator
> > > German, French, Chinese > English
> > > Hu=E9moz - Aigle - Neuch=E2tel, CH
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