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02-24-2011, 12:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Brianenglish View Post
It's really hard to say Suki, because it's technically not WRONG. Just different. The level of famous depends on if we use it. Usually movie stars or world known things we use famous. But, for a popular, decent local restaurant, we don't really use "that's a famous restaurant". But, it's not wrong.

If I hear one of my students say a really a good example of how we don't usually use it, I'll post it.

Hopefully this helps a little!
I have heard Japanese use "famous" for something that is "popular"

For example: "Milk is the most famous drink at my school."
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