Funny you should ask.

[puryaali]

Hi.I wonder what this sentence means():?:
(Funny you should ask)

 

[emsr2d2]

Re: Idiom

Hi. (Space after a full stop) I wonder what this sentence means. [strike]():?:[/strike]
"Funny you should ask."

Welcome to the forum. :hi:

Note my corrections above, marked in red.

"Funny" here is similar to "It's a coincidence that ...". The whole sentence means "It is a coincidence that you have asked me that". The rest of the reply would explain why it is a coincidence.

 

[Tarheel]

Re: Idiom

Bob: Are you and Karen going to stay together?
Ted: Funny you should ask. I was just thinking about that.

 

[Rover_KE]

puryaali, I have changed your original thread title.

Extract from the Posting Guidelines:

'Thread titles should include all or part of the word/phrase being discussed.'

 

[probus]

Tarheel's elegant response absolutely nails it. I would just add that "funny you should ask" is mainly AmE. I don't think it is much heard in BrE.

For learners "Funny you should ask" means "I was just thinking about that".

 

[Rover_KE]

It's frequently used in BrE, too. Link