Here Hear Here Hear and Other Expressions

[Penny Linsenmayer]

Hi again

Elizabeth has gone back to slumberland ... <snooze, snooze>

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., meboriqua at a... 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!)

Searching google, I found the following & have no idea if it's factual
or not:

<<<The phrase is "Hear! Hear!" and grew out of people shouting their
approval of statements in public speeches: as in "I hear you!".. hence
"Hear! Hear!" >>>

It seems there *might* be a growing consensus for Hear! Hear!

Penny