The Ugandan sorry

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As I was getting out of the car, I bumped my head (as usual…).

“Sorry! Sorry!” said Moses, the driver, while patting my head.

The sorries here seem more for sympathizing than apologizing. They are ubiquous: when you drop something, when you slip on the road, when you fall while hiking…

Usually, my reply would be “it’s ok, it’s not your fault.” What else can I say?

(sorry is used as usual in the English context also)


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