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Do people really understand this as an apology? Being sorry has two meanings in english, right? It can also mean that you share someone else's pain. If someone
by zupatol 13y ago
Do people really understand this as an apology? Being sorry has two meanings in english, right? It can also mean that you share someone else's pain.
If someone told me he's sorry about the rain, I would think what he really means is that he's sorry for me having to stand in the rain.
- nilved 13y agoWhich probably still has a positive, if subconscious, effect on your opinion of him.
- tunesmith 13y agoThat double meaning has been milked to no end by politicians and PR companies. They're parenthetically saying, "I feel sooo bad for you that you are feeling inappropriately wronged by my proper actions."