wildhoney
New member
- Joined
- Sep 11, 2011
- Member Type
- Interested in Language
- Native Language
- German
- Home Country
- Switzerland
- Current Location
- United States
Hello there,
I was wondering about any nice, elegant ways of admitting that one was wrong, and his statement(s) should not be considered any more.
Example, commenting an article:
X: Well, I think [opinion]
Y: You didn't understand the point. Read the whole article.
*X re-reads the article, or reads what he/she missed out before*
*X notices their opinion was actually off-topic and missing the point*
X: [admitting mistake]
I was thinking about..
"I see. My mistake, disregard what I said."
"I retract my previous statement" (this seems.. overused. I guess this was in some movie and I _don't_ want to be seen as quoting by the less able)
"My bad".
Basically, I'm looking for fun ways to say "My bad. Ignore what I said".
Formal, informal, anything.
Thanks!
I was wondering about any nice, elegant ways of admitting that one was wrong, and his statement(s) should not be considered any more.
Example, commenting an article:
X: Well, I think [opinion]
Y: You didn't understand the point. Read the whole article.
*X re-reads the article, or reads what he/she missed out before*
*X notices their opinion was actually off-topic and missing the point*
X: [admitting mistake]
I was thinking about..
"I see. My mistake, disregard what I said."
"I retract my previous statement" (this seems.. overused. I guess this was in some movie and I _don't_ want to be seen as quoting by the less able)
"My bad".
Basically, I'm looking for fun ways to say "My bad. Ignore what I said".
Formal, informal, anything.
Thanks!