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#189168 02/10/10 07:38 PM
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ok folks, a quick search brought up nothing here, so I ask-

which is it: hardy har har, or hearty har har, or?


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hardy har har har, or hardee har har har
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which is it: hardy har har, or hearty har har, or?

Well, I've never seen it written out. (See tsuwm's link for that.) And, in my dialect, an intervocalic voiceless dental stop is realized as /ɾ/ (an alveolar flap or tap, see link). (And, that's not a /d/ as some Brits erroneously seem think.)


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Har de har har! with a touch of sarcasm thrown in.

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heh

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Originally Posted By: olly

Har de har har! with a touch of sarcasm thrown in.


or that.


anything on Word Origins, Fald?

googles of any of the possibilities are surprisingly quiet.


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Does har har not simply come from hear hear? Isn't it mostly said when someone wants to emphasize his ironic , sarcastic or doubting reaction to a thing he/she hears? Or also sometimes as self-critisism?

There are a couple of hars in here: link

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Originally Posted By: BranShea
Does har har not simply come from hear hear? Isn't it mostly said when someone wants to emphasize his ironic, sarcastic or doubting reaction to a thing he/she hears? Or also sometimes as self-critisism?

There are a couple of hars in here: link


well the little that I've found suggests ha ha, rather than hear hear, and both make sense, but I'm more interested in the origin, actually. when/who/and what

the meaning/usage seems pretty clear.


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I think I hear it when listening to an uproar in English parliament, mixed with all these peculiar murmurations.

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aren't those MPs crying "hear hear" in agreement?

Gleason would bellow 'har de har har' in derisive laughter.

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