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Welcome to Fauxpolo.gy, where I talk all about apologies: the good, the bad and the ugly (and explain why!)
FAUXPOLO.GY
a linguist's take on public apologies & discourse

Jul 28
Jul 28 Breaking down Trudeau's statement regarding the WE scandal

Laura Lakhian
Analysis, Fauxpology

Jul 27
Jul 27 Breaking down Yoho's 'apology' to AOC

Laura Lakhian
Analysis
So excited to share the latest episode of The Allusionist, in which I, Laura Lakhian, got to talk to @helenzaltzman about public apologies! I am always super happy to chat about linguistics and apologies, especially with like-minded people. Check o
Neither is "I'm sorry you were made to feel that way" or "I'm sorry if you feel that way". I don't know about you, but every time someone says this to me, I end up feeling worse. A real apology means taking responsibility for
❌❌❌✖️ (swipe to see ✅) #Apology101: 3 examples of sentences that are NOT apologies, and one that isn't great. 🚫"IF" is not an apology. 🚫"...you were offended" isn't an apology. You can't apologize for someone's feelings AND thi
#Apology101: listen to the words, not just the performance. #wordsmatter #languagematters
Trudeau has issued more apologies in his time in office than any other Canadian PM. He's gotten pretty good at them. I expect this won't be the last we hear from PMJT about the WE Charity scandal. Here's what I think so far.
As some of you know, I did my MSc thesis on public apology - specifically on the development and refinement of a framework to analyze discursive communication strategies used in those apologies. I get asked about a lot of apologies. I took a few mi
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