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I am a complete amature mechanic, but here is my question:
1997 vw golf 2.0L automatic Check engine light was on, read a P0411 code (secondary air system). I disconnected the power to the secondary air pump and wired it directly to the battey and it fired up. Where do I go from here? |
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thanks, my bad. I thought that was where I was.
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I'm having a blonde moment. (several years ! )
"my bad" I've seen this a few times - whatsit mean ? Rich > wrote in message ups.com... > thanks, my bad. I thought that was where I was. > |
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tricky wrote:
> I'm having a blonde moment. (several years ! ) > > "my bad" > > I've seen this a few times - whatsit mean ? > > Rich my bad/it's my bad - "it's my fault/mistake", an acknowledgement of blame - this is from US college/university campus 1980's slang, in which 'bad' means mistake or fault (that caused a bad thing), hence 'it's my bad', or more succinctly, 'my bad'. It's simply a shortening of 'The bad thing that happened was my fault, sorry'. The word bad in this case has evolved to mean 'mistake which caused a problem'. It's another example of the tendency for language to become abbreviated for more efficient (and stylised) communications. In this case the abbreviation is also a sort of teenage code, which of course young people everywhere use because they generally do not wish to adopt lifestyle and behaviour advocated by parents, teachers, authority, etc., and so develop their own style and behaviour, including language. For new meanings of words to evolve there needs to be a user-base of people that understands the new meanings. Initially the 'my bad' expression was confined to a discrete grouping, ie., US students, and the meaning wasn't understood outside of that group. Now it seems the understanding and usage of the 'my bad' expression has grown, along with the students, and entered the mainstream corporate world, no doubt because US middle management and boardrooms now have a high presence of people who were teenagers at college or university 20 years ago. I am also informed (ack K Korkodilos) that the 'my bad' expression was used in the TV series 'Buffy The Vampire Slayer', and that this seems to have increased its popular mainstream usage during the 1990's, moreover people using the expression admitted to watching the show when asked about the possible connection. |
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Jan Andersson wrote:
> tricky wrote: > > I'm having a blonde moment. (several years ! ) > > > > "my bad" > > > > I've seen this a few times - whatsit mean ? > > > > Rich > > > > > my bad/it's my bad - "it's my fault/mistake", an acknowledgement of > blame - this is from US college/university campus 1980's slang, in which > 'bad' means mistake or fault (that caused a bad thing), hence 'it's my > bad', or more succinctly, 'my bad'. It's simply a shortening of 'The bad > thing that happened was my fault, sorry'. The word bad in this case has > evolved to mean 'mistake which caused a problem'. It's another example > of the tendency for language to become abbreviated for more efficient > (and stylised) communications. In this case the abbreviation is also a > sort of teenage code, which of course young people everywhere use > because they generally do not wish to adopt lifestyle and behaviour > advocated by parents, teachers, authority, etc., and so develop their > own style and behaviour, including language. For new meanings of words > to evolve there needs to be a user-base of people that understands the > new meanings. Initially the 'my bad' expression was confined to a > discrete grouping, ie., US students, and the meaning wasn't understood > outside of that group. Now it seems the understanding and usage of the > 'my bad' expression has grown, along with the students, and entered the > mainstream corporate world, no doubt because US middle management and > boardrooms now have a high presence of people who were teenagers at > college or university 20 years ago. I am also informed (ack K > Korkodilos) that the 'my bad' expression was used in the TV series > 'Buffy The Vampire Slayer', and that this seems to have increased its > popular mainstream usage during the 1990's, moreover people using the > expression admitted to watching the show when asked about the possible > connection. Gag me with a spoon! Like, you are so totally out of it, Rich - fur sure! I just showed the planet that I am too, using valley girl speak. I also didn't know Jan was some sort of linguistic anthropologist. (though he was IT and fixed bugs. My bad |
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