"here, here!"

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Hello!A group of friends are drinking after a volley-ball game....F1: Yeah, Tony. We have to give you credit. You won it!F2: O.K. O.K., guys. Enough is enough. Cheers!F3: Here, here!What does "here, here!" mean?Thanks,Lynn

Rais · Accepted Answer

I guess, this is "Cheers" "Cheers"

Lucky6 · Answer

Agreement

NewPhilologist · Answer

Note that this is spelt "Hear, hear"; not "here, here" <img class='emoticon' style='Width:19px;Height:19px;' data-delaysrc='https://uat-englishforward-forums-backend.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Emoticons/1.gif' src='https://uat-englishforward-forums-backend.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Emoticons/1.gif' alt='Emotion: smile'/>

Anonymous · Answer

>Note that this is spelt "Hear, hear";

Right

Clive · Answer

Hi,

'Hear, hear' is an expression that is used to express agreement, often with something that is said fairly formally, often in a speech.

Person A: Anyone who talks loudly on a cell-phone in public should go to jail.

Person B: Hear, hear!

Best wishes, Clive

Philip · Answer

CliveHi,

'Hear, hear' is an expression that is used to express agreement, often with something that is said fairly formally, often in a speech.

Person A: Anyone who talks loudly on a cell-phone in public should go to jail.

Person B: Hear, hear!

Best wishes, Clive

If not drawn and quartered!

Anonymous · Answer

Here's your answer...

Hear hear

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• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_Wikipedia •

Hear hear is an http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrase that originated as hear ye, or hear him, usually repeated. This http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammatical_mood#Imperative_mood was used to call attention to a speaker's words, and naturally developed the sense of a broad expression of favour. This is how it is still used today, although one can always vary one's tone to express different sentiments; the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_English_Dictionary noted around the turn of the century that the phrase is now the regular form of cheering in the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_House_of_Commons, and expresses, according to intonation, admiration, acquiescence, indignation, derision, etc.

As a parliamentary cheer, hear him, hear him! is first recorded in the late http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_century and continued into the ; the reduction to hear! or hear, hear! occurred by the late http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/18th_century. However, the use of the verb hear as an imperative meaning listen! is older: a notable example is the parliamentary-sounding Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_James_Bible, 2 Samuel 20 verse 16).

Aside from the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interjection, a number of other forms are found, such as a hear, hear (originally, of course, a hear him or hear ye), "a cheer"; hear-hear, to shout "hear, hear!"; and hear-hearer^{[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources]}, a person who shouts "hear, hear!".

Source: Partial citation of a "words at random" posting on the randomhouse.com website

Darkjackass1234 · Answer

thnaks clive...and phile .

always have good expline here .

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