Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 07:16:17 -0800

From: Mary Bucholtz bucholtz[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]GARNET.BERKELEY.EDU

Subject: Re: "my bad"



Three or four years ago students in my intro classes reported using "my

bad" in contexts like those you describe. I've now started using the

expression myself, which means the usage is now obsolete among trendy

California teenagers.





Mary Bucholtz

Department of Linguistics

University of California, Berkeley

bucholtz[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]garnet.berkeley.edu