Is it 'hear hear' or 'here here'?

[halfwitpicker]

Anyone know?

"Hear! Hear!"

It's supposed to be short for "Hear him!" and is used to support a speaker who's being heckled.

Think about it, why would a call of agreement be ‘here here’.

Soooo many people get this wrong. It really bugs me when I see it so thanks for raising this issue OP. Maybe people will get it right now.

Hear hear.

Another one that bugs me is when people write “free reign” instead of “free rein”.

I’ll get back in my pedants’ box now.

Full proof.

It's fool proof.

Even then, regardless of the system or the technology, someone finds a bigger and better fool somewhere....

Hear hear!

@WTFIsAGleepglorp guess it's not foolproof after all

Think about it, why would a call of agreement be ‘here here’
"I'm here, I agree"
or
"This person here, is saying what I think"

It's not that illogical...

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Yes, I know individuals that actually say these words and I am supposably an interpretator who is told I am being irrationable when I rationably point out that I generally cannot have any understandance of what they are trying to tell me.

Can someone tell me these two? Is it a 'racking' cough or a 'wracking' cough? And is it vocal 'chords' or vocal 'cords'?.

Exactly, exploded peach

It's defo vocal chords.

And it's 'another think coming', not 'another thing'.

Had a row with someone about this recently.

It's usually 'hacking' cough, and something is nerve 'wracking'.

And vocal 'cords'.

Yes to a hacking cough and vocal cords

I think nerve racking is more correct but wracking is just as accepted these days.

Surely it’s not ‘another think coming’? have I being saying the wrong my whole life?

It's deffo 'another think'.

A chord is a combination of musical notes, OP. So it’s vocal cords, not chords! They’re two thin strips, or cords. at your laryngeal inlet, which move to alter the air flow and therefore the sound quality of your speech. They can close together completely to try and stop you inhaling toast crumbs, or go into spasm, causing a croupy crowing noise when you breathe.
It’s racking cough, not wracking. The rack was a torture device in mediaeval times, and being racked was incredibly painful, often dislocating joints. A racking cough is one so severe it feels like you’re being pulled apart. Wrack is a form of seaweed, eg bladder wrack.

Omg I have just found out I’ve always been wrong about vocal chords!

MN also taught me about another think coming too (some years ago now). Perhaps it’s a north south thing? I am from the south and have genuinely (not generally) never heard anyone say ‘another think coming’.

A hacking cough is one with a harsh dry bark, and not to be confused with hawking - spitting out the coughed up phlegm. A racking cough is one that hurts your muscles.

I know it’s a spelling gripe, but one I see on here often is alot instead of a lot. The spellchecker tries it’s best to correct it, so I don’t understand how people can be so dim.

I'm from the south and it most definitely think!
As in - if you think Thing 1, (then you're wrong and in a little while) there's another think coming.

Generally said by my mum when I thought I could go out until the early hours, and I needed to have another think about that, and be in by midnight.

Another think coming??? What???

Upmost. Dear Lord, why???

The thing is, you don't know if you've ever heard anyone say another 'think coming' rather than 'thing coming' because they sound almost exactly the same - that's the reason the phrase has been misheard or misunderstood in the first place.

We are able to make all kinds of rationales to justify 'here here' rather than 'hear hear' or 'another thing coming' rather than 'another think coming' because, to be honest, so many set phrases and idioms don't make much sense, so we don't really analyse them.

another think coming.

The whole phrase is - if you think you are going to ....(whatevere the issue is) then you have another think coming. But no-one really uses the whole phrase any more.

example - if you think you can have another slice of cake, you've got another think coming.

It means - think again.