Jay Lake (jaylake) wrote, 2007-01-30 16:24:00 Jay Lake jaylake 2007-01-30 16:24:00 Previous Share Flag Next 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 Subscribe Post a new comment Error Anonymous comments are disabled in this journal We will log you in after post We will log you in after post We will log you in after post We will log you in after post We will log you in after post Anonymously switch LiveJournal Facebook Twitter OpenId Google MailRu VKontakte Anonymously default userpic Your reply will be screened Post a new comment Preview comment Help 22 comments Post a new comment 22 comments
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.
