Me Three.

I am just beginning to realize how incorrect it is to say "me three" after someone says "me too". It seems that people (or, at least as far as I know, in southern California) have accepted this as the correct way of saying "me too" after someone says so as well. Apparently, it is taken as "me two", and then consecutively, "me three", "me four", and so on. Unfortunately, this is obviously incorrect.

Just the other day, my English teacher corrected me after I said "me too" after another student. She corrected me to say "me three". That really made me think.

Why or how did this come about? Also, is this "phenomena" present in other places other than where I live?

I live in California, and I can't say I've heard it said in real life before. I thought it was just a joke on TV shows. Maybe I'm mistaken, and people really do say it...

I'm also in California, and I've lived all over the States..."me three" is a joke, but a common one. Your English teacher surely knows this is incorrect, and is merely trying to introduce you to common usage as well as help you appreciate the joke. ESL professors teach more than grammar and spelling: they must also teach idiom, which is essential to your understanding and everyday use of the language.

P.S. You should never use "me three" in formal situations.

So, it's always all wrong to say 'me too', isn't it? Or sometimes it's OK?

Just the music, I am afraid,

http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/w/e/wethree.htm

We three kings of Orient are;
Bearing gifts we traverse afar,
Field and fountain, moor and mountain,
Following yonder star.

Refrain

O star of wonder, star of light,
Star with royal beauty bright,
Westward leading, still proceeding,
Guide us to thy perfect light.

Born a King on Bethlehem’s plain
Gold I bring to crown Him again,
King forever, ceasing never,
Over us all to reign.

Refrain

Frankincense to offer have I;
Incense owns a Deity nigh;
Prayer and praising, voices raising,
Worshipping God on high.

Refrain

Myrrh is mine, its bitter perfume
Breathes a life of gathering gloom;
Sorrowing, sighing, bleeding, dying,
Sealed in the stone cold tomb.

Refrain

Glorious now behold Him arise;
King and God and sacrifice;
Alleluia, Alleluia,
Sounds through the earth and skies.

Refrain

My teacher seemed dead-serious, and no one in my class seemed to be bothered by it.

Presley:

"Single Pigeon Through The Railing
Did She Throw You Out
Sunday Morning Fight About Saturday Night
Single Seagull Gliding Over Regent's Park Canal
Do You Need A Pal For A Minute Or Two / You Do?
Me Too, Me Too, Me Too / I'm A Lot Like You
Me Too, Me Too, Me Too / I'm A Lot Like You..."

Paul McCartney's Single Pigeon from Red Rose Speedway (1973) album.

So if it is a mistake then you are not alone who makes it.

>> My teacher seemed dead-serious, and no one in my class seemed to be bothered by it. <<

Time for a new English teacher ;)

I feel really stupid, but let me repeat my question again:
'So, it's always all wrong to say 'me too', isn't it? Or sometimes it's OK?'

It is incorrect to say "me three". No matter how many times someone says "me too", it will always remain "me too". The word "too" means "also or as well". It is not the numerical value of "two".

2Presley

Your original post says:
'Just the other day, my English teacher corrected me after I said "me too" after another student. She corrected me to say "me three". That really made me think. '
So your teacher considered 'me too' being wrong.

Are you sure about that? I can't believe that. I suppose you misunderstood your teacher.
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<As in I vs me we usually choose the correct form by instinct.

Me is used as the object of a verb or preposition. You use me to refer to yourself.

In short answers, we usually use this form.

For example:-

* Knock at the door - "Who's their?" ~ "It's me!"
* "I want to buy that new DVD." ~ "Me too!">

From the site 'Learn English Free', paragraph 'Common Mistakes and Confusing Words in English'.
http://www.learnenglish.de/Level1/Extras/CommonMistakes.htm

"Me Three" was/is used in episodes of "The Three Stooges".
Whether it is incorrect or not depends on one's definition of
incorrect.

"Me too" is fine. It means "Me also", but very few people say that. "Me three" might be okay among a bunch of friends acting silly and cracking jokes, but not in any formal setting.