Monday, September 1, 2008

Sorry, Apologe...

Sorry but.... or Sorry if....

7 comments:

Wintereye said...

Hello,
I wanted to add your comment about "Sorry, Apologe.." It is important for adult to recognized the problem and then forgive each other. It is important to say "sorry," to keep it simple and then move on for the best. We don't need to be obessive because it is waste of time to think about it.

Theresa said...

Yes, "Sorry but..." is another way of saying "I'm saying I'm sorry but I don't really mean it...."

mishkazena said...

I agree with Theresa. To me, these types of apologies are fake.

Dean said...

Hi Deaf Flower,

I can understand and agree with your sentiments whenever someone should qualify his/her apology with "but" word.

I cannot say the same thing about the word "if" expressed right after an apology. Sometimes I was not sure if I have hurt someone and decide to broach the issue to see if I really needed to apology.

It would be interesting if you can please give an example in which case you can show that the apology followed by the word "if" seems to be weak or insincere.

Dean

Kathryn said...

Hi Deaf Flower!

Interesting topic.

The way I see - "I am sorry but..." may have another meaning? Like, a person may be sorry for something s/he says or does yet s/he may agree to disagree without really a BUT and still mean every letter "s o r r y". If you know what I mean.

Once again, good thought.

Kathryn

OCDAC said...

I'm sorry to see that a bunch of people really dont know what theyre talking about these days.

And I'm sorry people dont know that but's belong in the ashtray.

And I'm sorry that the deaf schools failed to educate the deafies on proper semantics.

Ronda said...

Hello Deaf Flower,
WOW! GOOD POINT!!!! I like that ur idea. I understood and agree with u 10,000%! :D
Thanks, Ronda