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On 2003-04-24 16:06:09, Wesley Groleau wrote:
>> American English by the sounds of it! 
> This side of the pond, we say, "Pardon my French."

Cool. This is the origin of the phrase.

I remember a Dutch saying the same in German. Didn't know this is a
common phrase.