A Lesson for the Diplomatically impaired

Published on September 7, 2004 By Gideon MacLeish In Politics

Albanian: me falni

Serbian: zau mi je

Czech: je mi lito

Farsi: bebakshid

French: Je suis desole

German: Es tut mir Leid

Hawaiian: kaumaha

Lithuanian: atsuprasyk

Spanish: perdon

English: I'm sorry

Read it. Learn it. Live it.

Comments (Page 1)

Angloesque

on Sep 07, 2004

Point taken.

greywar

on Sep 07, 2004

Korean : Me-an-hahm-knee-da...

citahellion

on Sep 07, 2004

Pronunciation guide:

French: zhuh swee Dey-so-lay

German: Ess toot mere lied

Hawaiian: Cow-mah-ha

Spanish: pair-Dawn

English: "And the horse you rode in on!"

messybuu

on Sep 07, 2004

I learned this from Japanese cartoons:

Japanese: Gomen nasai.

Gideon MacLeish

on Sep 07, 2004

Thanks for the additions. I had some difficulty with the online language translators, but I figured (rightly) that I'd get help with the rest.

ShoZan

on Sep 07, 2004

You can thank Pimsleur Japanese 1 for this.

Sumimasen - Japanese expression that conveys not only "Excuse me," but also "I'm sorry," and even "Thank you."

Spc Nobody Special

on Sep 08, 2004

arabic: aasif

Spc Nobody Special

on Sep 08, 2004

although it does sound suspiciously like "as if "

ShoZan

on Sep 09, 2004

Sorry to take your thread off topic but in my search for a John Brown T-Shirt I have found the following:

T-shirt for the Reggae Band John Brown's Body Right click disabled

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I guess we should start the 'John Brown to replace Che Guevara as a symbol of resistance against oppression' movement since there are only two shirts of him.

cactoblasta

on Sep 09, 2004

Indonesian: Maaf. (pron Mah-ahf)

Mr_Frog

on Sep 09, 2004

Ebonix: My bad.

-- B

Texas Wahine

on Sep 09, 2004

Wahine: 'scuse the piss outta me!

*Sorry Gideon!*

Seriously, though, I like this article. I'd even go so far as to deem it insightful.

Gideon MacLeish

on Sep 09, 2004

shozan. I like it. Seriously.

Texas: lol, and thanks

Gideon MacLeish

on Sep 09, 2004

shozan, wouldn't it be hilarious and started a movement of a bunch of people buying those shirts?

....

little known reggae band hits big time from joeuser blog...hehe...I love it.

ShoZan

on Sep 09, 2004

Well the second shirt even though they look to be the same thing, is a John Brown shirt, the John Brown's Body shirt looks different, and it’s got his bearded personage on it.

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