what does the word "sorry" mean?

CorkMan · 10-10-2010 12:15am #1

You should say "sorry" when you bump into a person on the street, spit on them by accident or knock a person over in a car.

I don't know why people say sorry if for example, a person dropped their mobile phone, or they dropped a fiver and say sorry, then tell them where their phone/money is.

A simple "Hey" or "Hey You" should suffice, not sorry.

Schism · 10-10-2010 12:18am

Saying sorry to get someones attention is more polite than 'Hey' or 'Hey You'.

Latchy · 10-10-2010 12:20am

CorkMan wrote: »

You should say "sorry" when you bump into a person on the street, spit on them by accident or knock a person over in a car.

people really do this ? :eek:

thee glitz · 10-10-2010 12:20am

It's a uniquely Irish thing.

Kiwi_knock · 10-10-2010 12:20am

Sorry is probably over used, has no real meaning any more as you can use it in so many different ways.

Overheal · 10-10-2010 12:21am

CorkMan wrote: »

You should say "sorry" when you bump into a person on the street, spit on them by accident or knock a person over in a car.

I don't know why people say sorry if for example, a person dropped their mobile phone, or they dropped a fiver and say sorry, then tell them where their phone/money is.

A simple "Hey" or "Hey You" should suffice, not sorry.

http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=sorry&searchmode=none

**Timbuk2** · 10-10-2010 12:21am

It's not used enough, tbh.

Gran Hermano · 10-10-2010 12:21am

It is a characteristic of Hiberno-English that 'sorry' is used in Ireland where 'excuse me' would be used in England. I've often heard an English person ask an Irish person what they were apologising for in such cases.

orourkeda · 10-10-2010 12:22am

CorkMan wrote: »

You should say "sorry" when you bump into a person on the street, spit on them by accident or knock a person over in a car.

I don't know why people say sorry if for example, a person dropped their mobile phone, or they dropped a fiver and say sorry, then tell them where their phone/money is.

A simple "Hey" or "Hey You" should suffice, not sorry.

Or YOY BOY in "the real capital"

MrStuffins · 10-10-2010 12:22am

I prefer "Here, f*ck-face!"

dotsman · 10-10-2010 12:23am

When people say "sorry" in this circumstance, it is just short for "sorry for bothering you". It's just another way of saying "excuse me".

mikemac · 10-10-2010 12:23am

Yeah I overuse it, use it for most everything. Exact same as "Excuse me"

I don't even smoke but people ask me for cigarettes and I say sorry to them.
I'm not sure what I'm apologizing for

10-10-2010 12:24am

Sorry means never doing it again.

WindSock · 10-10-2010 12:25am

Sorry in that context means sorry for disturbing you. Much the same as what excuse me means.

The only time it's used and it pisses me off is when it is followed by an insult.

'Sorry buh yer a minger'

Sorry for what, exactly? Being a cnt for no reason. Oh I suppose you are just 'telling it like it is' are you. Well, sorry, no one fking asked you, you thundering cockspurt.

Latchy · 10-10-2010 12:26am

feelingstressed wrote: »

Yeah I overuse it, use it for most everything. Exact same as "Excuse me"

I don't even smoke but people ask me for cigarettes and I say sorry to them.
I'm not sure what I'm apologizing for

You're being polite ,your saying sorry for their assumption ( common among smokers ) that you smoke .

ordinary_girl · 10-10-2010 12:53am

I said "sorry" to someone yesterday after they stepped on my foot on the bus, I'm just so used to using that word.

Sorry's just a word you find so easy to say, so you say it anyway.. Ahem.

CrazyRabbit · 10-10-2010 4:09am

Sorry = I'll make sure not to get caught the next time.

fonecrusher1 · 10-10-2010 4:15am

This post is conveying a pun linking the word sorry in the original post with the song sorry seems to be the hardest word, written by Elton Glasses the famous musician.

sunshineoh9 · 10-10-2010 4:39am

sorry does get overused a lot but in more than just the "excuse me" kind of way... its also super overused when people make relationship mistakes...

eg: kid forgets to call their parents a million and one times and sorry is used everytime but they keep forgetting
or
husband cheats, says sorry and continues to cheat

if you don't mean it, don't say it!

fonecrusher1 · 10-10-2010 4:42am

sunshineoh9 wrote: »

sorry does get overused a lot but in more than just the "excuse me" kind of way... its also super overused when people make relationship mistakes...

eg: kid forgets to call their parents a million and one times and sorry is used everytime but they keep forgetting
or
husband cheats, says sorry and continues to cheat

if you don't mean it, don't say it!

Did you just use the word super as an alternative to completely, very much or totally?

sunshineoh9 · 10-10-2010 4:54am

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

Did you just use the word super as an alternative to completely, very much or totally?

i was not aware this was in fact a crime....

fonecrusher1 · 10-10-2010 5:00am

sunshineoh9 wrote: »

i was not aware this was in fact a crime....

Talking like Barney is a bookable offence. Your nicked sunshine.

sunshineoh9 · 10-10-2010 5:29am

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

Talking like Barney is a bookable offence. Your nicked sunshine.

the word super doen't mean i'm speaking like barney, in fact i try to limit my vocabulary on forums because some people would get annoyed if i spoke unabridged. i pride myself on not acting like a self-aggrandizing smart a$$... as i prefer to be spoken to based on what i've said and not the vocabulary that i use.

however, i am "sorry" if my eloquence is not to your liking... next time please just refrain from making a retort if my wording offends you. it will be "super" appreciated

SUPER

fonecrusher1 · 10-10-2010 5:32am

Location: currently Florida, soon to be Limerick

You must be insane.

ballsymchugh · 10-10-2010 5:46am

it's not barney, it's big gay al.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gAlxfNBWvY

Pdfile · 10-10-2010 5:48am

CorkMan wrote: »

You should say "sorry" when you bump into a person on the street, spit on them by accident or knock a person over in a car.

I don't know why people say sorry if for example, a person dropped their mobile phone, or they dropped a fiver and say sorry, then tell them where their phone/money is.

A simple "Hey" or "Hey You" should suffice, not sorry.

ill do it again.

if you love someone you dont have to say sorry.

:cool:

sunshineoh9 · 10-10-2010 5:59am

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

Location: currently Florida, soon to be Limerick

You must be insane.

perhaps, have you ever been to florida? i assure you its nothing like they portray in movies... i have been to ireland and think its one of the greatest places on earth.

Sinfonia · 10-10-2010 2:24pm

sunshineoh9 wrote: »

perhaps, have you ever been to florida? i assure you its nothing like they portray in movies... i have been to ireland and think its one of the greatest places on earth.

Have you been to Limerick? It's nothing like the movies, no wind shaking the barley at all

liah · 10-10-2010 2:26pm

Sorry is closer to "excuse me" than anything else.

It's also one of the most overused words in Canada.

Latchy · 10-10-2010 2:32pm

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

This post is conveying a pun linking the word sorry in the original post with the song sorry seems to be the hardest word, written by Elton Glasses the famous musician.

A good Elton song and bet he was sorry when it never became a hit.

mikom · 10-10-2010 2:40pm

Shorry
Is all that you can't shay
Yhears gone by and sthill
Words don't come eashily
Like Shorry
Like Shorry.....

KungPao · 10-10-2010 2:43pm

Sorry....sorry....sorry.... It's all you hear when out and about in Ireland.

And if you dare to say Excuse Me, to get attention in a shop for example, you get looked at like you have more than one head.

I know it's a shortening of 'sorry to bother you' or whatever but it sounds ridiculous.

Sorry.

rubadub · 10-10-2010 2:43pm

feelingstressed wrote: »

I don't even smoke but people ask me for cigarettes and I say sorry to them.
I'm not sure what I'm apologizing for

I do this, it is more a "sorry that I cannot be of help you", like if I was asked the time and had no watch I would say it too.

I also say it so it appears less confrontational, on a few occassions I had scumbags try and start something when I said I have no smokes, I remember scumbags used to actually even say "fair search", if you said you had no cigarettes -meaning they actually expected you to let them frisk you to check you really had none. To try and stop this I would say "no, I don't smoke", but then this causes them to start on you too "eeewwwh you don't smoke, think you're better than me you kunt?!"

cgordonfreeman · 10-10-2010 2:45pm

Sorry, this thread is crap.

Or

Excuse me, this thread is crap.

See?

Biggins · 10-10-2010 2:51pm

CorkMan wrote: »

You should say "sorry" when you bump into a person on the street, spit on them by accident or knock a person over in a car.

I don't know why people say sorry if for example, a person dropped their mobile phone, or they dropped a fiver and say sorry, then tell them where their phone/money is.

A simple "Hey" or "Hey You" should suffice, not sorry.

What the hell ever happened to "Hello" or "Excuse/Pardon me!"
There's more important things to stress about anyway!

Latchy · 10-10-2010 2:52pm

rubadub wrote: »

I do this, it is more a "sorry that I cannot be of help you", like if I was asked the time and had no watch I would say it too.

I also say it so it appears less confrontational, on a few occassions I had scumbags try and start something when I said I have no smokes, I remember scumbags used to actually even say "fair search", if you said you had no cigarettes -meaning they actually expected you to let them frisk you to check you really had none.

Which would not only be humiliating for the person concerned but also an invasion of ones own body / personell space

To try and stop this I would say "no, I don't smoke", but then this causes them to start on you too "eeewwwh you don't smoke, think you're better than me you kunt?!"

Seems to be as much about intimidation than actually getting a cigarette from you

10-10-2010 3:15pm

It's short for either

"sorry for *insert fault action*"

"sorry to bother you, but....*insert something you want to point out*"

sunshineoh9 · 10-10-2010 4:57pm

Sinfonia wrote: »

Have you been to Limerick? It's nothing like the movies, no wind shaking the barley at all

as a matter of fact i have

sheesh · 10-10-2010 8:46pm

CorkMan wrote: »

You should say "sorry" when you bump into a person on the street, spit on them by accident or knock a person over in a car.

I don't know why people say sorry if for example, a person dropped their mobile phone, or they dropped a fiver and say sorry, then tell them where their phone/money is.

A simple "Hey" or "Hey You" should suffice, not sorry.

Sorry?

take everything · 10-10-2010 9:16pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Sorry means never doing it again.

So, literally, when you say sorry (as in "sorry for bothering you") you're basically saying: i'll never bother you again after this particular query.

take everything · 10-10-2010 9:26pm

KungPao wrote: »

Sorry....sorry....sorry.... It's all you hear when out and about in Ireland.

And if you dare to say Excuse Me, to get attention in a shop for example, you get looked at like you have more than one head.

Kinda true.
Essentially innocuous and perfectly acceptable but as you say potentially misinterpreted.
I'm forever conscious of editing potentially emotive stuff like that out of my phrasing to avoid it being taken up wrongly.
Don't need the hassle.

Dudess · 10-10-2010 9:32pm

Sorry means never having to say you're love.

Oh no... wait.

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

This post is conveying a pun linking the word sorry in the original post with the song sorry seems to be the hardest word, written by Elton Glasses the famous musician.

Damn you - I had it ready, it would have been delicious! :mad:

Daemos · 10-10-2010 9:38pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHVW-S9JkKA

what does the word "sorry" mean?

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