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Letter: Editor's pick: Sorry, but 'sorry' has more meanings than making an apology

Published 12 July 2017

From John Lucas, Toronto, Canada

Sorry, but when I almost bump into somebody, what am I supposed to do? Tell them to get out of the way or push them aside? Perhaps a ubiquitous “sorry” is a way to defuse the inevitable frictions when surrounded by crowds of strangers in our cities.

Issue no. 3134 published 15 July 2017

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