pardon me

also I beg your pardon

1. please repeat what you just said Pardon me - what did you say your name was?

2. I am sorry for what I just did Oh, I beg your pardon! I didn't see your foot there!

3. May I please have your attention? Pardon me, does this train go to Oakland?

4. I do not agree with what you just said Pardon me, but I think you've got it backwards.

Related vocabulary: excuse me

Usage notes: in all cases, I beg your pardon is more formal than pardon me

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Rhianna	ree-AN-ə	English (Modern)
Tegwen	-	Welsh
Jehoshaphat	ji-HAHSH-ə-fat (English), jee-HAHSH-ə-fat (English)	Biblical
Darcy	['dɑ:si]
Masood	-	Arabic, Persian
Stanislava	stah-nee-SLAH-vah (Russian)	Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Russian, Medieval Slavic