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26 Dec 2014
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What's your pet phrase? Mine is "Oh, really? I didn't know that!" does this sound natural?
What's your pet phrase? Mine is "Oh, really? I didn't know that!" does this sound natural?
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Natural
Pet phrase means some words you refer to always .mine is "fine,whatever "
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A little unnatural
Oh, usually we call them catchphrases in the US...
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Natural
-_-#actually I know that because I searched it just now .hah
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A little unnatural
Fair enough. But yeah, catchphrase is a far more common term in the US.
For example, Homer Simpson's catchphrase is "D'oh!", while in Friends, Joey's is "how YOU doin'" and Chandler's is "could it BE any more..."
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