Editing Talk:945: I'm Sorry

That's kinda hard though, he can't be the cause of ''everything'' that ever goes wrong, can he? '''[[User:Davidy22|<u>{{Color|purple|David}}<font color=green size=3px>y</font></u><font color=indigo size=4px>²²</font>]]'''[[User talk:Davidy22|<tt>[talk]</tt>]] 09:03, 9 March 2013 (UTC)

:Well, not directly (at least not intentionally) however chaos theory suggests that he had some contribution even if he did not realize it (or at the vary least he could have taken some actions that would have 'randomly' stopped the event.) [[User:Yuriy206|Yuriy206]] ([[User talk:Yuriy206|talk]]) 18:21, 28 March 2013 (UTC)

:And the point is that he is annoyed by people deliberately mis-interpreting his condolences as an apology. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.223|108.162.219.223]] 19:24, 21 January 2014 (UTC)

Am I the only one who thinks it is that first "I'm sorry" that is weird and not the "Why? It wasn't your fault." part? I know a lot of people do it but that doesn't make it less weird. [[User:Tharkon|Tharkon]] ([[User talk:Tharkon|talk]]) 01:05, 14 July 2014 (UTC)

:In regards to contexts such as the one portrayed in the comic, I always thought the phrase "I'm sorry" to be more accurately interpreted along the lines of "I'm sorry that X happened to you".  It is a fairly commonplace expression, so I usually get a little irritated when someone responds in a fashion similar to how the person on the left in the comic responded.  [[Special:Contributions/108.162.237.124|108.162.237.124]] 03:14, 19 November 2014 (UTC) scht

Added title text by splitting a line in the explanation. Let's close this.[[Special:Contributions/173.245.56.152|173.245.56.152]] 21:29, 20 August 2014 (UTC)

I always felt this confusion was a non-native speaker thing: in several other languages, the word "sorry" is exclusively used for excuses, and you'll need other phrases if you want to express you pity the other person. I have a habit of responding like Megan just because in my native language, that use of sorry really doesn't make shit sense and people still do it, and that habit clings on in English.
Apparently native speakers also do this? 18:57, 3 July 2018 (UTC)