# Is it "Hear, hear!" or "Here, here!"?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-hear-hear-or-here-here/173352>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 6, 2003, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-hear-hear-or-here-here/173352 "2003-05-06T07:39:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Aankh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@Aankh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aankh)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-hear-hear-or-here-here/173352/1 "2003-05-06T07:39:34Z")

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When one is attempting to express support for a statement made by another, does one say “Hear, hear!” or “Here, here!”?  
The latter makes more sense to me, but I’m not certain about this.

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**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-hear-hear-or-here-here/173352/2 "2003-05-06T09:21:20Z")

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It’s “Hear, hear!”

[This from the Straight Dope mailbag.](http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mhear.html)

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**Author:** ![Floater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dc4da7/32.png) [@Floater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floater)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-hear-hear-or-here-here/173352/3 "2003-05-06T09:21:43Z")

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It’s “hear, hear!” as in “listen to what is being said!”.