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Raffee

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2013/02/25 - 4:09am

What is the connotation of 'Got flattered!' when said in reply to a compliment? Is it a usual answer for taking compliments?

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2013/02/25 - 9:57am

I haven't ever heard such a response. I wouldn't be sure how to understand it fully. It doesn't sound right.

I would probably conclude that the response was an attempt be self-effacing by saying that the compliment was not fully deserved and was tantamount to flattery.

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2013/02/25 - 12:25pm

I've never heard it either, but my first take was that it was a play on that "Got milk?" advertising campaign. In that case, the response would be "Got milk!" So perhaps the "Got flattered!" was a response to just getting a compliment. However, I suspect that would be more an American usage. Don't know if that milk ad runs anywhere else. My two cents anyway.

Robert

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2013/02/25 - 2:15pm

I have never heard it. The one I often hear is 'I am flattered.'

Raffee

Iran

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2013/02/26 - 2:10am

So, that's 'I'm flattered'. No negative connotations?

Robert

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2013/02/26 - 8:18am

Not negative. Actually it's a way to be nice to the other person, like, 'your opinions count for a lot, that's why I am flattered by your attention.'

But it surely is negative when a woman uses 'Im flattered, but...' to turn away a suitor, as a way to be gentle. But that is too close to home here.

Raffee

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2013/02/28 - 2:58am

Robert said
But that is too close to home here.

You mean it's regional, yeah? (And maybe less than regional!)

Guest

2013/02/28 - 3:44am

It's not regional. "Too close to home" is an idiom that means it is uncomfortably personal.

E.g.

Your comments hit too close to home.

I can't discuss Alzheimer's: it's too close to home.

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