'My bad' - your thoughts on this phrase?
Question for students!
What do you think about this phrase?
Do you use it, or not?
Have you spoken to anyone, perhaps a native speaker, who doesn't like this phrase?
What advice have teachers given you in using, or not using this phrase?
I would love to hear your thoughts!
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Answers · 14
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I'm familiar with it, but wouldn't use it - it wouldn't feel natural to me. Probably because it sounds like something young and "cool" people would say - and I'm neither of those.
Also, there are already other ways I can express the same idea and I don't feel it adds anything interesting to the English language.
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Interesting question! Personally, I find it a pretty silly phrase and never use it (it just sounds stupid when I say it!), though there is value in teaching it if it comes up in a lesson on modern slang, as I suppose language learners need to know what it means.
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To be honest, it's my first time hearing this phrase, it doesn't make any sense and doesn't sound natural to my ears at all at first sight. Since English native speakers use it, we HAVE TO get used to it. though I would still use "my mistake" or "my fault".
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I've only once used it, in a blog to an American. It felt right in the context but only for the American.
"Man" had its foundations in "foreman" in the UK, then moved to te US before reporting back on duty in the 60s.
No worries has lodged in the UK, mainly from Oz, I would guess but don't know.
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Young people normally use this phrase in spoken English. When someone needs to accept the mistake that he/she has already done, this phrase gets used.
Example:
I couldn't help smiling her When I saw her, I know, my bad.
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