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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Hear? Here? Where? #54610 02/01/02 04:00 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass I always have had to stop and think about this one, but for the last couple of years I've taken more note of printed word usage -- in books and with closed-captioning it seems to be invariably rendered as "hear, hear". hear now some of the various opinions: http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mhear.html http://www.montypython.net/scripts/bruceskit.php {Everybruce: Hear, hear! Well spoken, Bruce! }* http://www.hear-hear.com/writing/992132745/index_html http://lawlibrary.ucdavis.edu/LAWLIB/jun94/0186.html *it is fascinating how many cross-threads manifest in this one link. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Hear? Here? Where? Anonymous 01/31/02 03:41 PM Re: Hear? Here? Where? OrionsBelt~ 01/31/02 03:51 PM Re: Hear? Here? Where? tsuwm 01/31/02 04:58 PM Re: Hear? Here? Where? Faldage 01/31/02 05:01 PM Re: Hear? Here? Where? wwh 01/31/02 05:41 PM Re: Hear? Here? Where? Faldage 01/31/02 05:47 PM Re: Hear? Here? Where? wwh 01/31/02 05:58 PM Re: Hear? Here? Where? OrionsBelt~ 01/31/02 07:24 PM Re: Hear? Here? Where? of troy 01/31/02 07:57 PM Re: Hear? Here? Where? Jazzoctopus 01/31/02 09:14 PM Re: Hear? Here? Where? Faldage 01/31/02 10:28 PM Re: Hear? Here? Where? belMarduk 02/01/02 02:15 AM Re: Hear? Here? Where? belMarduk 02/01/02 02:20 AM Re: Hear? Here? Where? Bobyoungbalt 02/01/02 04:17 AM Re: Hear? Here? Where? rkay 02/01/02 08:57 AM Re: Hear? Here? Where? Bean 02/01/02 11:14 AM Re: Hear? Here? Where? tsuwm 02/01/02 04:00 PM Re: Hear? Here? Where? OrionsBelt~ 02/03/02 05:40 PM Re: Hear? Here? Where? wwh 02/03/02 06:27 PM Re: Hear? Here? Where? Capital Kiwi 02/03/02 08:22 PM Re: Hear? Here? Where? Keiva 02/03/02 09:03 PM Re: Hear? Here? Where? Capital Kiwi 02/03/02 09:50 PM Re: Hear? Here? Where? wwh 02/04/02 01:36 AM Re: Hear? Here? Where? WhitmanO'Neill 02/01/02 12:35 AM Re: Hear? Here? Where? Keiva 01/31/02 07:41 PM Re: Hear? Here? Where? WhitmanO'Neill 02/01/02 12:29 AM Re: Hear? Here? Where? NicholasW 02/01/02 09:54 AM Re: Oyez! Oyez! Keiva 02/01/02 12:17 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,421 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 1 members (A C Bowden), 1,023 guests, and 4 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 34 A C Bowden 23 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,592 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,922 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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