# "Hear, here" vs "Here, Here" ...any more cites? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 17, 2003, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hear-here-vs-here-here-any-more-cites/189230 "2003-07-17T21:00:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hear-here-vs-here-here-any-more-cites/189230/1 "2003-07-17T21:00:29Z")
I’ve got this guy named Joe who insists that the proper phrase is “here, here” whereas [the SD Mailbag](http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mhear.html) says it is “hear, hear” … Joe doesn’t accept the SD Mailbag as an authoritative source… but in searching the web, almost everything either uses the SD as _its_ source, or comes up 404. I’m in a cabin in the mountains with a crappy 24k dialup so I can’t do a whole lot of extensive searching… …does anyone have some other sources that may provide the answer as to which is correct? ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hear-here-vs-here-here-any-more-cites/189230/2 "2003-07-17T21:10:40Z")
The OED lists the origin as “Hear him!,” which by the 19th century had mutated into “Hear! Hear!” ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hear-here-vs-here-here-any-more-cites/189230/3 "2003-07-17T21:18:23Z")
[Hear, hear!](http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/index.pperl?date=19980304) ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hear-here-vs-here-here-any-more-cites/189230/4 "2003-07-17T21:18:40Z")
The subject line should of course read **“Hear, hear”** … ooh OED is always a good source… ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hear-here-vs-here-here-any-more-cites/189230/5 "2003-07-17T21:20:20Z")
Oh Q.E.D. thank you 😃 Now when Joe gets back from walking around with my father in law by the lake I’ll show him 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hear-here-vs-here-here-any-more-cites/189230/6 "2003-07-17T21:26:25Z")
Hope you bet a steak dinner or something on it. Heh. ---
**Author:** ![everton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecb155/32.png) [@everton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/everton)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hear-here-vs-here-here-any-more-cites/189230/7 "2003-07-17T21:34:58Z")
The OED ought to be enough for anyone, but a Google search on _“hear, hear” hansard_ also finds any number of references to Hansard (the official minutes of the UK Parliament).