Jay Lake (jaylake) wrote,
Jay Lake
jaylake

Defects in the mother tongue

The problem with "I'm sorry" as an expression of sympathy is that there is a strongly implied apology in that phrase. English needs a colloquial way to express sympathy without culpability.

Besides "that sucks", I mean.
Tags: funny, language, words
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