YOU SAID:
He was kidding but those words were very mean.
INTO JAPANESE
彼は冗談だったが、その言葉は非常に意地悪だった。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
He was joking, but the words were very mean.
INTO JAPANESE
彼は冗談を言っていたが、その言葉は非常に意地悪だった。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
He was joking, but the words were very mean.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.