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    Where do we get the phrase déjà vu?

    Question #52517. Asked by joezhou300. (Nov 18 04 7:02 PM)


    peasypod

    		My French dictionary says:

    deja vu n [F, adj., lit., already seen] (1903) 1 a: the illusion of remembering scenes and events when experienced for the first time b: a feeling that one has seen or heard something before 2: something overly or unpleasantly familiar.


    Nov 18 04, 9:15 PM
    McGruff

    		It is French for "already seen". If you feel you have already felt or heard something before, we should probably say "deja touche" or "deja entendu" (with appropriate accents) but nobody ever does.

    (#52520) Posted on Nov 18 04 by gmackematix
    Posted as a question in error. - McG

    Nov 19 04, 1:49 AM

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