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Stargazer | 16:50 Wed 17th Aug 2011 | ChatterBank
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Should it be "here, here!" or "hear, hear!"? Just saw a posting and realised that I was not sure which is correct.
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The latter. 'hear, hear' is an expression used as a short, repeated form of 'hear him, hear him'. It represents a listener's agreement with a point being made...
16:52 Wed 17th Aug 2011
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Hear, hear is an expression used as a short, repeated form of hear him, hear him. It represents a listener's agreement with the point being made by a speaker. It is often incorrectly spelled "here here"
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