[geeks] language

[vance at neurotica.com]

On Mon, 25 Nov 2002 wa2egp at att.net wrote:

> > You know what really annoys me?
> >
> > * "Oh, I got bit by a bug, so I itched it"
> >
> > NO.  You got bit by a bug, it ITCHED, so you SCRATCHED IT.
> >
> > * "Oh, my bad."
> >
> > NO.  "Sorry, my mistake."
> >
> > grrrr.
> >
> > Bill
>
> I'd like to know what phrase
> got distorted into "my bad".
> The one I like is,
> "Can I borrow an ink pen?"
> Most of mine use ink ;->

I have a dye-pen or two.  As well as paint-pens.  And then there's
playpens.  8-)

Peace...  Sridhar