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[00:11.99] Welcome to The English We Speak. Hello, I'm Feifei… but where is Rob?
[00:17.72] Oh! Hi, Feifei, you're nice and early – can't wait to get started, hey?
[00:23.73] I'm not early – you are late!
[00:26.97] Late? No, no, no, no – we said we'd start at half past ten… didn't we?
[00:32.73] No – ten o'clock, Rob. Look at this text message: "Can we start earlier at ten, please?" and you replied "sure".
[00:41.22] Oh! My bad!
[00:43.97] Your back? Don't start complaining about your back just to avoid apologising.
[00:49.47] No, not my back – my bad! I am apologising – that's what 'my bad' means – it's an American English phrase that we use sometimes to mean we accept responsibility for a mistake.
[01:01.72] Well, that's good to know. So you're really saying 'sorry'?
[01:06.47] Well, not exactly. Let's hear some more examples of using 'my bad'…
[01:11.97] My bad! It was me who put my pink socks in with the white washing – oops!
[01:19.98] My friend knocked a glass of red wine over me and all he could say was 'my bad' – I don't think he was that bothered!
[01:30.47] It was me who lost the car keys – my bad – I'm sure they'll turn up somewhere.
[01:37.22] This is The English We Speak from BBC Learning English, and we're finding out about the phrase 'my bad' which is slang for saying 'my fault,
[01:49.22] my mistake, I'm to blame' – but Rob just can't bring himself to say 'sorry'! I'm sensing 'my bad' is a way of apologising without actually saying sorry.
[02:01.22] Yes, I suppose so – but I'll say 'sorry' if that helps. You know I can't be perfect all the time!
[02:07.47] That's true.
[02:08.97] Anyway, why are you so keen to start early today?
[02:12.22] Oh! My bad - I forgot to tell you it's Neil's birthday and we're leaving early to go and celebrate at the pub.
[02:19.97] That is bad – that wasn't a mistake: you did that on purpose.
[02:23.98] Why would I do that? Come on, Rob, I'm sure you can join us – just don't forget your wallet.
[02:29.98] OK. Bye.
[02:31.23] Bye.
