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for whatever reason, it seems that lately wherever i turn i'm running into the same perplexing phrase:
"Here! Here!"
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"Hear! Hear!"
I've always thought the latter was 'correct' (as in "listen, listen, these are words of truth"), but three times in a row now i've seen it as "Here! Here!", which could also make sense, as if the speaker were raising a hand saying "I agree, I agree".
Are they both the same? Both correct? Somehow it sounds Shakespearean in origin... does the OED give an earliest citation? are you there, joe?
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Hear! Here! I have had the same question.
Hear! Hear! appears to be a shortened form of "Hear ye! Hear ye!"
And Here! Here! looks as though the speaker is trying to rope in the attention of a distracted and even disagreeable audience.
I'll cast my vote for "Hear! Hear!" but it's easy to imagine how "Here! Here!" would make sense, too. (This reminds me of what's going on over on the XXXXX and OOOOO thread. Lots may be rationalized when drawing viewpoints. We'll see what Mr. Ed has to say.)
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>We'll see what Mr. Ed has to say.
a horse is a horse
of course, of couse
and you can't talk to a horse, of course
unless, of course, the horse of course
is the famous mr. ed.
[it's stuck in my head, why shouldn't it be stuck in yours...]
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[it's stuck in my head, why shouldn't it be stuck in yours...]
Quia fecit mihi magna!
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To display my vaunted command of the obvious, "Hear, Hear!" is chorus in Parliament to indicate approval of statements of a speaker.
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chorus in Parliament to indicate approval
You read that hear off their speech balloons, Dr. Bill? They're homophones. (Thus demonstrating my greater command of the obvious)
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Dear Faldage: How else could I possibly know how their words were spelled?
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Dear tsuwm,
What's heard hard bears repeating here to drum the thing in at a battering gallop, so here's your Ed heard in red to be read and reread among the word herd since we're on the subject of homophones, F.:
>We'll see what Mr. Ed has to say.
a horse is a horse
of course, of couse
and you can't talk to a horse, of course
unless, of course, the horse of course
is the famous mr. ed.
[it's stuck in my head, why shouldn't it be stuck in yours...]
...reread Ed in red, here, there and everywhere--hear! hear!
(That's twice and that's nice!)
Always at a gallop,
OrB
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A horse is a horse of course of course,
and no one can talk to a horse of course.
That is of course unless the horse
is the famous Mister Ed!
Go right to the source and ask the horse.
He'll give you the answer that you'll endorse
He's always on a steady course.
Talk to Mister Ed!
People yakkity-yak a streak
and waste your time of day,
but Mister Ed will never speak
unless he has something to say!
A horse is a horse of course of course,
and this one'll talk 'til his voice is hoarse.
You never heard of a talking horse?
Well, listen to this...
"I am Mister Ed!"
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blue
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try reading the list..
just read it.. don't name the colors..
(the mail application i use has unread mail marked red, read mail is not red..)
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