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

6 replies

DarrellRivers · 09/02/2011 13:23

Dear Pedants,

I thought it was the former.
Please tell me whether I am right or wrong.
Many thanks

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TrillianAstra · 09/02/2011 13:23

Hear.

As in 'listen up everyone, that person has a jolly good point'

thumbdabwitch · 09/02/2011 13:24

hear, hear.
As in I hear you, I hear you.

DarrellRivers · 09/02/2011 13:26

Great
The meaning I had in mind

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stealthsquiggle · 09/02/2011 13:26

Intruiging question. I always thought it was 'here here' but cannot now justify why.

PelvicFloorTrauma · 09/02/2011 13:27

I think it is hear hear.

stealthsquiggle · 09/02/2011 13:28

from answers.com - so still t'internet, but it makes sense to me:

"Hear, hear is an expression used as a short repeated form of hear ye and hear him. It represents a listener's agreement with the point being made by a speaker.

It was originally an imperative for directing attention to speakers, and has since been used, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, as "the regular form of cheering in the House of Commons", with many purposes depending on the intonation of its user. It is often incorrectly spelled "here here""

That's my one thing learned for today, then.

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