Hear, Hear!

Hear, Hear! Hear, Hear! Hear, Hear! By Maeve Maddox Dave Moloney has asked for a post on the pernicious misuse of the term hear hear as†¦Here here. Ive tried to find examples of the misspelling here, here on the web, but without much success. I did find a CD with the title Here, Here, and Here. If youve ever watched a session of the House of Commons on television, youll have heard shouts of Hear, hear! These are shouts of approval. The shouters are expressing agreement with whatever a speaker has said. For example, the Daily Mail (Online) describes the response to a remark by David Cameron that the previous administration had broken the nations covenant with [the British] armed forces: The moment he spoke this line the hall erupted in defiant shouts of hear hear and, from one man near me, bloody right. The phrase is a contraction of Hear him, Hear him, meaning listen to what the mans saying. According to some commentators, it is sometimes used ironically. Caitlyn Jenner, you are a normal woman right now, today. You dont need a man to make you a woman. Hear, hear! We reached out to Thomas, who contacted us about the Facebook meme, to tell him it was a fake. He said it just goes to show, â€Å"Everything you read on Facebook isn’t the gospel truth written in stone by Moses. You need to check your sources.† Hear, hear! Want to improve your English in five minutes a day? Get a subscription and start receiving our writing tips and exercises daily! Keep learning! Browse the Expressions category, check our popular posts, or choose a related post below:Comparative Forms of Adjectives75 Idioms and Expressions That Include â€Å"Break†10 Tips to Improve Your Writing Skills