Here Hear Here Hear and Other Expressions

[dfrankiswork at netscape.net]

Smarty Jenny wrote:
> I was so relieved that Catherine said at the main site that she, 
too 
> gets confused with that expression and I felt even better when 
Penny 
> said she also had the same problem.  Now what is the right 
expression?  
> It actually works both ways for me -
> 
> *Hear, Hear! (listen to me!)
> *Here, Here! (over here!)
> 
> Are there any other expressions we tend to get wrong or be confused 
> by?  Amy Z just posted to Heidi that she "had another think 
coming" - 
> I always thought it was 'thing' but 'think' makes sense.  

I am about 5 digests behind on the main list but... it's Hear, Hear, 
meaning 'Listen to that! (which another person has spoken)'.  And it 
is think.

I associate Hear, Hear with Parliament and the Pickwick Club, but 
doubtless it has long and complicated antecedents.

I also think there are lots of expressions of this type that are 
likely to confuse, but I can't think of any at the moment.

David