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Welcome to Fauxpolo.gy, where I talk all about apologies: the good, the bad and the ugly (and explain why!)

a linguist's take on public apologies & discourse

All in Pragmatics 101

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

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#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