I mean, is it "hear, hear!" or "here, here!"?
2007-02-19 20:48:41 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Wow, a lot of thumbs-downers on this one - must have hit a nerve! Anyway, the "hear, hear!"s have it so far...
2007-02-19 21:11:10 · update #1
For goodness' sake you lot, it's quite simple. If you want someone to stop in a hurry, you might shout "Stop, stop".
If you want to tell a crowd of people to listen to what someone's saying, because you agree with it, you shout "Hear, hear".
The original phrase was, "Hear him, hear him!", but it got shortened.
2007-02-20 10:23:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is "Hear! Hear!" and it is (or was originally) a way of telling other people that they should listen to what someone else is saying.
The interpretation "Here! Here!", implying that agreement is 'here' (where the person is speaking from) is not correct. The expression "Same here!" (also implying agreement) *does* mean this, though.
2007-02-20 04:52:21 · answer #2 · answered by Owlwings 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Commonly used in Parliament, it's: 'here, here'. This effectively means that others are vocalising their support for a viewpoint and the 'here, here' is a public show of where precisely the support is coming from.
Best wishes, J
2007-02-20 04:53:39 · answer #3 · answered by sirjulian 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
My dictionary says "Hear! Hear! - indicating approval of the speaker's words or opinions."
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2007-02-20 05:55:22 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
"Here Here" is a saying in English parliament that is shouted by MP's to voice agreement to something that another MP has said.
It may be used in other parliaments too,but I don't know about that.
2007-02-20 04:54:05 · answer #5 · answered by coolkebab 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
derived from colonial congress to indicate a positive response to a question.
2007-02-20 04:52:46 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
In simple terms ....they hear you ...and agree with you!
2007-02-20 04:52:39 · answer #7 · answered by cowboycloser2000 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
its here here and it means i agree with you over here!!
2007-02-20 04:51:43 · answer #8 · answered by tizzy 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
hear hear!
2007-02-20 04:51:42 · answer #9 · answered by Jaz 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋