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Sherlock copying others
Recently I noticed that Sherlock - on some occasions - is copying (consciously or unconsciously) what others have been saying or doing before.
Here's one example:
Any others?
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John: "Have you spoken to Mycroft, Molly, uh, anyone?"
Mrs Hudson: "They don’t matter. You do."
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Re: Sherlock copying others
How about his praising John in Hounds using the adjectives John usually applies to him?
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Re: Sherlock copying others
I agree, Susi, this fits in here 
If only I remembered more, I know there are...
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Re: Sherlock copying others
This one belongs to the same category:
Leaving behind one's phone = Look, I'm actually dead!
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John: "Have you spoken to Mycroft, Molly, uh, anyone?"
Mrs Hudson: "They don’t matter. You do."
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Re: Sherlock copying others
And here: "Famous last words - vol.1 and 2":
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John: "Have you spoken to Mycroft, Molly, uh, anyone?"
Mrs Hudson: "They don’t matter. You do."
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Re: Sherlock copying others
"If you were dying, in your very last seconds, what would you say" ...
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Re: Sherlock copying others
Ooooh, this is a good one...and there are others, I know there are...just can't think of them off the top of my head.
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Re: Sherlock copying others
Here's my absolute favorite:
When Sherlock in ASIB says, "I'm not afraid of sex," Mycroft responds, "How would you know?"
In the following season, in TEH, Mycroft says, "I'm not lonely, Sherlock." And Sherlock responds, "How would you know?"
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Well, that was a very nice bit of... revenge. 
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Re: Sherlock copying others
Not just in phrasing; someone pointed this out on Tumblr and I was reminded of it again today in the Johnlock thread. Sherlock and John pick up each other's habits.
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