Comments | mollyringwraith: Follow-up: "Pardon"

mollyringwraith

Follow-up: "Pardon"

Feb 08, 2004 12:32

It was pointed out that Men and others sometimes do apologize in the books, but they use "pardon me" or "I beg your pardon" instead. I had neglected to search on "pardon," so I did that as a follow-up. Most instances of the word occurred in our dear Sam saying "Begging your pardon," usually to Frodo, but those were not really apologies, just ( Read more... )

lord of the rings, scholarly attempts

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asteriatic February 8 2004, 20:52:14 UTC

Woah, I never noticed that.

_honeyspider February 8 2004, 21:59:08 UTC

instead he says, "You kids settle down or I'm turning this car around RIGHT NOW

*snort* Sounds like it needs to be a Bagenders episode...

_honeyspider February 8 2004, 22:03:06 UTC

*shudders at above comment* Dude. Your LJ is really being spammed now. Such is the price of fame?

Re: mollyringwraith February 8 2004, 22:07:57 UTC

Yeah, I was almost impressed - that's a first! But it was so big and spamlike I decided I better just delete it. Even though I am interested in seeing that film. :)

genarti February 8 2004, 22:09:33 UTC

Hmm. Neat.

And I do think it backs up what was being said in the comments for the last entry, because "your pardon" is subtly different from "I'm sorry" or "forgive me." It's not quite so blatantly admitting of wrong or offense, because it's asking the other person to let it go in the form of more or less stating that they should do so. Taking it for granted, almost. Of course, context and tone of voice can soften that a lot, but it's still a rather less humbling phrasing of the apology.

trilliah February 8 2004, 23:28:44 UTC

Mooooolly? Where did you get that icon picture?

Re: mollyringwraith February 9 2004, 00:43:05 UTC

*looks to see which one I used*

Oh, fifteensixty made this icon. So I'm not sure where the screencap came from. Love the facial expression, though. :)