I have seveal, including "Stop using such big words"\\ "What were you talking about again"\\ "You need to stop thinking so much"\\ and "are you talking to anyone?".\\ Whenever someone tells me a variation of "stop being so smart" or "That's too complicated", I spew out "I'm not that smart!". it's kinda become a CatchPhrase. Until it reached the point where someone would say the aforementioned lines and someone right beside me would say "you ARE that smart". Problem is, if I was that smart, I would do a lot of stuff better, the only answer is that every teenage girl I meet seems to not be able to use her brain properly. Which sucks because I'm in an all-girls school, meaning that I can't talk to anyone else except for teachers. I mean really, 15-year-old girls like that are what feeds the "brainless teen" image. I mean, in what universe are the words "intoxicated", "foreseeable" and "understatement" hard words? Do I live in a different universe?

ManWithoutABody hears an awful lot of "Do you have some kind of accent?"

Same with LeighSabio.

CanvasWolfDoll: Similar, but it's "Are you British?" He tires of it.

Don't know if this counts, but MutantRancor has repeatedly been jokingly asked if he's a robot. And he once met a girl who refused to believe that he is not, in fact, a butler from Iraq (huh?)...because he uses long words. He doesn't even have an accent, and was in fact less than two hours' drive from the town where he was raised.

Well, maybe he uses standard television English instead of the regular American Midwest accent, but they're almost indistinguishable anyway. Oh, look, I did it again.

This troper has a friend with the last name of Jelin. Yes, like a felon. He keeps count.

Whenever I meet people for the first time, they often ask me what nationality I come from. Why? Because of my voice. What does it sound like? Think Daffy Duck, except less quack-y. Afterwards, I ''always'' respond with "My mum's American and my Dad's Lebanese''. They ''always'' act surprised to one degree or another.

A girl in my sister's soccer camp had the "shut up" variety after the first day. The second day, her group had a different coach, who insisted everyone have nicknames. Everyone already did, except Shut Up Girl (call her Katie). Coach didn't realize this until he asked her to get the ball. -> '''Coach''': You don't have a nickname? -> '''Katie''': Well, no, but I think it should be- -> '''Other girl''': Shut up! -> '''Katie''': But I- -> '''Different other girl''': Shut up! -> '''Coach''': All right, Shut Up, go get the ball! The nickname lasted for the whole camp.

On the Internet: are you really that young? I've been asked that 9 times already.

This Troper had a friend. Her name was Lola. She was ''not'' a showgirl. She finally snapped and decked a kid. It never got brought up again.

This Troper was born on her great grandma's birthday, and given her name. Unfortunately, her name was 'Juliet'. It has gotten to the point where she judges how well she will get along with people by weather or not their first reaction to her name is "Where's Romeo?" or some variation there-upon.

This troper gets: "You're (insert age here)? But you look so young!" whenever she tells people her age.

My last name, Sherk, has attracted two kinds of Phrase Catchers. One was popular in Jr. High, where teachers would tell me I was shirking my responsibilities if I forgot to do homework. I swear, they sat on that for months just waiting for me to forget a worksheet. Backfired though, since my name is not spelled with an 'i'. The second kind is...well, look at Sherk. Ever since Shrek came out, EVERYONE has at some point called our family 'Shrek'. Whether it be intentional or accidental, teacher or telemarketer, EVERYONE has done it.

HonoreDB got "Oh, I thought you were a sophomore for some reason" in freshman year of highschool, freshman year of college, ''junior'' year of college, and senior year of college. Apparently I just have that air.

This troper has been trying to make his roommate one of these, constantly saying "God damn it, Henry." whenever necessary and encouraging others to do the same across campus.

I get a lot of "You don't sound like what you look like", usually in those exact words. To put it in context: Most people I meet online will see pictures of me long before they hear me talk. I guess pictures tend to make me look serious and intimidating because I don't smile in them and have kind of intense-looking eyes, but I have a pretty young and nerdy-sounding voice (and honestly have been called "m'am" over the phone multiple times).

Back in my days of taking a fencing class in college, I got this a lot: "Is that a giant radio in your backpack?"

TyrekeCorrea:

This troper has it with "You're crazy" (his "insanity" used to lead to "I'm afraid of you" as well). Sometimes people ask if he's not from his state/country due to the way he talks.

This Troper is told a lot that she's "predictably unpredictable."

This Troper sleeps late and wakes up late as well, and, thus, frequently gets "Did you wake up just now?". His answer, whether he did or didn't: "I ALWAYS woke up just now".

This troper has been asked way too many times if it is cold in Alaska. It is. And before you ask, yes. IT IS.

Who asks that? It's so far up north that about a third of it is in the Arctic circle! Who asks if Alaska is cold? I haven't set foot in there and I know that!

This troper is really sick of hearing "You take things too seriously". And variations thereof. (Overall, I really don't. I just tend to butt heads with people who take particular things ''less'' seriously than I do. Or who make DudeNotFunny jokes.)

I work in a dry cleaning establishment. We need the steam to properly clean and press the clothes. Customers don't seem to get that when they come in during the humid Northeastern US summer. "Agh, it's so hot in here. How are you all still alive?" I'm too tired and sweaty to make a snarky response. Even if I wasn't I'd probably get fired. That's how the last guy got fired a year ago.

This bookworm troper gets a lot of "How many books do you read in a [week/month/year]?" It drives her crazy, because she reads a LOT, so why do these people always seem to think she COUNTS them?

"Get a haircut!" seems to be This Troper's PhraseCatcher.

This one gets "You're so quiet!" all the time.

"Cheer up.".

"You're only (age)? You look at least (age)!" It's starting to get annoying...

Someone in my class is always told "You look just like Justin Bieber!" He loathes it enormously.

ShakaRaka has a few, far more complimentary examples. Said tropette carries her sketchbook with her everywhere and could probably buy a small art studio if she had a nickel for every time she's heard, "Did you trace that?" and/or "I can't even draw a stick-figure!" or some variant thereof.

This troper has a shirt with a small flying saucer on it with a white bottom and a yellow dome. This results in a lot of, "Is that a fried egg on your shirt?" and even sometimes "You know, that flying saucer kinda looks like... A fried egg!"

When this troper was younger, Asperger's syndrome was less well known about, leading to many people replying "Asparagus-what?"

On chatrooms this troper hangs out on, he tries to be aware of it. Whenever someone comes on to the chatroom he specifically mentions trying to avoid the urge to make a joke about it. Of course, the fact that this troper goes by the name "Chessrook" means that he gets a lot of "checkmate" jokes anyway. And being called "Cheeserock" when people talk to him on voicechat like Xbox Live. For some reason.

Because about 95% of the people at my school think I'm weird because of my AspergersSyndrome, most things I say will be met with "I wasn't talking to you, asshole, so fuck off", "Right... *awkward silence*" or just flipping me off. Luckily, my friends don't do this (except one guy who does the flipping off thing jokingly).

This troper has a few... People at the checkout: "I like your hat!", "Cool hat!", etc. People I just met: "What country are you from?" "Are you Mexican? Do you speak Spanish?" When they're told I read a lot: Did you read Twilight?

I have a couple. I've had several different people on several different occasions say to me "You never get mad, you're like Buddha". I also have a shirt from one of the Science Olympiad National competitions from University of Illinois with a quote from Einstein and a fairly abstract picture of him. People will either come up to me and say that they like the quote, or they'll ask what exactly is the picture on the front of my shirt. And whenever I tell people that my last name translates as "curly hair" in Greek, the unfailing response is "...You don't have curly hair".