Regionalism's

[equus2]

Moved here a few years ago - "Oh, my heck!" is the phrase, here. I thought it was SO funny/odd!

And you hear every variation: "Oh, my biggest, freakin' heck" is one that even made the commercials.

Another one - "any-who-how."

Question: is "My bad!" a regoinalism, or just an annoying type of apology that's been adopted everywhere?

[OakLeaf]

Question: is "My bad!" a regoinalism, or just an annoying type of apology that's been adopted everywhere?

I thought it was just a translation of "Mea culpa," one of the most ancient of apologies?

[Eden]

Question: is "My bad!" a regoinalism, or just an annoying type of apology that's been adopted everywhere?

I'll bet it started out as a regionalism, but mass media and the internet spreads popular culture so fast these days that it might be hard to pinpoint where it came from.