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In reply to the discussion: I am strongly asking people who did NOT vote for trump to STOP fighting each other, [View all]Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,760 posts)56. I have to look that one up every time I start to use it!
Origin and Meaning of the Phrase Hear, Hear
The phrase hear, hear seems to have come into existence as an abbreviation of the phrase hear him, hear him, which was well-established in Parliament in the late seventeenth century. The UK Parliament prides itself on its lively debates, and saying hear him, hear him was a way to draw attention to what a person was saying. And in case you were wondering, there was no hear her, hear her variationthe first female MP was elected in the twentieth century. Sometime during the eighteenth century hear him, hear him acquired its short form, hear, hear, and that form is still used today.
When you say hear, hear, you are in fact saying that you agree with something another person has just said. So you can replace hear, hear with phrases such as I agree wholeheartedly, what he/she said, or yeah, depending on the formality of the setting and the speakers. Hear, hear can also be used as a cheer; thats why you sometimes hear it at the end of toasts.
When you say hear, hear, you are in fact saying that you agree with something another person has just said. So you can replace hear, hear with phrases such as I agree wholeheartedly, what he/she said, or yeah, depending on the formality of the setting and the speakers. Hear, hear can also be used as a cheer; thats why you sometimes hear it at the end of toasts.
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I am strongly asking people who did NOT vote for trump to STOP fighting each other, [View all]
onecaliberal
Jan 2017
OP
I never knew that! Always thought it referred to the person speaking as in "here I am
Dream Girl
Jan 2017
#43
Beyond Trump's pure bullshit, I don't think "purity" is much of an issue right now.
world wide wally
Jan 2017
#21
The only national liberal/progressive organization in place to fight & defeat the fascists
baldguy
Jan 2017
#24
Exactly! While we fight, the R's/deplorables, etc. sit back and laugh. I'm fed up with hearing
RKP5637
Jan 2017
#29
I'm not disputing that we have conversations. Democrats didn't lose the election.
onecaliberal
Jan 2017
#38
I have moved on from those folks. They're sitting in my dust bin as I haven't time for
onecaliberal
Jan 2017
#57