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Re:Ask HN: Trivial etiquette question - can he touch my lapt... by pistoriusp on Monday August 17, 2009 @04:26AM (#767620)
I have a theory, it may be way off, but are you an American?
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Re:Ask HN: Trivial etiquette question - can he touch my lapt... by gdp on Monday August 17, 2009 @07:43AM (#767858)
Starting a sentence with "I'm sorry, but..." is a very British thing to do, in my observation (and Bill Bryson's, for that matter).
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