Origin of "Here you are"

[nq:1]Hello, I'd like to know where the expression "Here you are" (e.g. when you give sth. to sb.) comes from. Taken literally the statement is rather strange. I couldn't give anything to anybody if he wasn't "here".[/nq]
Well, you couldn't give it to them if they weren't there, could you? "There you are."?

john
there you go

[nq:1]I'd like to know where the expression "Here you are" (e.g. when you give sth. to sb.) comes from. Taken literally the statement is rather strange. I couldn't give anything to anybody if he wasn't "here".[/nq]
You're right; when you think about it, it is rather strange. I doubt you'll ever find a satisfactory explanation, though. The history of single words is quite well documented, as is

[nq:1]Hello, I'd like to know where the expression "Here you are" (e.g. when you give sth. to sb.) comes from. Taken literally the statement is rather strange. I[/nq]
wtf is sth & sb?
My dictionary gives the meanng of the abbreviation "sb" as "substantive".

Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa

Steve Hayes filted:
[nq:2]I'd like to know where the expression "Here you are" ... comes from. Taken literally the statement is rather strange. I[/nq]
[nq:1]wtf is sth & sb? My dictionary gives the meanng of the abbreviation "sb" as "substantive".[/nq]
Mine says it's antimony and it's miscapitalized..r

[nq:1]Steve Hayes filted:[/nq]
[nq:2]wtf is sth & sb? My dictionary gives the meanng of the abbreviation "sb" as "substantive".[/nq]
[nq:1]Mine says it's antimony and it's miscapitalized..r[/nq]
Just in case someone actually needs to know:
STH = something
SB = somebody
Standard usages in the ESL world.

Bob Lieblich
SB

Robert Lieblich filted:
[nq:2]Steve Hayes filted: Mine says it's antimony and it's miscapitalized..r[/nq]
[nq:1]Just in case someone actually needs to know: STH = something SB = somebody Standard usages in the ESL world.[/nq]
There's the problem then...I don't speak ESL..r

[nq:1]Hello, I'd like to know where the expression "Here you are" (e.g. when you give sth. to sb.) comes from. Taken literally the statement is rather strange.I couldn't give anything to anybody if he wasn't "here".[/nq]
Well, it's possible that the "here" refers to the object being presented, not to the person being addressed. But that doesn't explain the "are"...

Adrian

[nq:1]Hello, I'd like to know where the expression "Here you are" (e.g. when you give sth. to sb.) comes from. Taken literally the statement is rather strange. I couldn't give anything to anybody if he wasn't "here".[/nq]
At least it's better than the regrettably now common "there you go".

Rob Bannister

[nq:1]Robert Lieblich filted:[/nq]
[nq:2]Just in case someone actually needs to know: STH = something SB = somebody Standard usages in the ESL world.[/nq]
[nq:1]There's the problem then...I don't speak ESL..r[/nq]
Somebody should teach them English.

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[nq:1]Just in case someone actually needs to know: STH = something SB = somebody Standard usages in the ESL world.[/nq]
But why? It seems cruel to teach ESL students something no native speaker uses.

SML
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