Is everyone getting bad tempered lately?.
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Your out of your mind! The saying was first coined by Joseph P. Flubutz during the 1695 session of the Continental Congress. It was to show support for a particular speaker by saying here, here (to cause the speaker to look in that direction and see the person that was supporting what he had to say) I hate it people just spout off things because they read it in a book somewhere instead doing some research first.
Scott
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"Hear, hear is an expression used as a short, repeated form of hear, hear him. It represents a listener's agreement with the point being made by a speaker."
"The actual source is the Hebrew Bible, Samuel II 20:16. "Then cried a wise woman out of the city: 'Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab: Come near hither, that I may speak with thee.'"
Wasn't this thread about us all getting along?
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Actually Scott, according to my research through Wikipedia you are out of your mind on this! To quote:
"Hear, hear is an expression used as a short, repeated form of hear, hear him. It represents a listener's agreement with the point being made by a speaker."
"The actual source is the Hebrew Bible, Samuel II 20:16. "Then cried a wise woman out of the city: 'Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab: Come near hither, that I may speak with thee.'"
Wasn't this thread about us all getting along?
"Hear, hear is an expression used as a short, repeated form of hear, hear him. It represents a listener's agreement with the point being made by a speaker."
"The actual source is the Hebrew Bible, Samuel II 20:16. "Then cried a wise woman out of the city: 'Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab: Come near hither, that I may speak with thee.'"
Wasn't this thread about us all getting along?
Scott
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If it was meant as a joke, it fell flat. If it wasn't, well...
Another comment on the phrase:
http://grammarist.com/spelling/hear-hear/
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Last edited by Sampson; Aug 20, 2014 at 10:05 AM.
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Yeah people can get passionate over just about anything. Being passionate is one step short of fanatical and a fanatic is just someone who won't change their mind and won't change the subject.
Have fun, life's to short not to.
Scott
Have fun, life's to short not to.
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Well said Roger. Its irritating when asking for help and someone rags on you for something that is beside the point of original post. Hasn't happened here but elsewhere. Remember what Thumper said: "If you don't have anything nice to say then say nothing at all...."
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I've had the that experience above on other sites. I think some people just get off on being an A-hole or they are just a grumpy "old" , Old is a state of mind, man looking to attack someone bravely through their key board.
These forums are meant to be places of learning about this hobby we all love.
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