"I'm sorry"
Jan. 27th, 2005 07:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jbsegalEnglish needs seperate terms for "It is my fault and I apologize" and "I am unhappy in sympathy with your unhappiness".
Am I just showing a lacuna in my vocabulary?
Am I just showing a lacuna in my vocabulary?
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Date: 2005-01-27 04:54 pm (UTC)I think I was 30 before I figured out that "sorry" had the second meaning. This always caused miscommunication with my ex-husband-- I'd be grumbling about something, he'd say "I'm sorry", and I'd say "what are you apologizing about? This isn't your fault."