what you are saying is true. I read a book on social linguistics once and it discussed it . . .
Let me commence with generalization:
Men use sorry as an admission of guilt, fault, wrong doing, which is why in the past men woudln't apologize when a women desperately wanted to hear it lol. Although this may be changing in the newer more feminized generation of males.
Women supposedly use sorry or an apology in general not so much as an admission of guilt, but to say, "Ok, lets move on, let this go and we'll move on to the next topic" its a different type of apology, more emotional and designed to smooth over things ina relationship.
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Originally posted by ktsnake
I agree.
I know lots of people that use sorry as almost every other word!
Not to sound sexist but females more than males seem to use it (I'm pretty sure this is backed up by some kind of research as we've discussed it in one of my classes). It's 'disempowering' language or weak language. I agree that it's overused but I'm pretty sure it's not something new.
I prefer "oops."
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