Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 18:25:15 06/21/04
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On June 21, 2004 at 20:56:24, Ed Trice wrote: >On June 21, 2004 at 20:36:20, Jeroen van Dorp wrote: > >>On June 21, 2004 at 20:12:55, Ed Trice wrote: >> >>>Is it "here here" or "hear hear"? >> >> >>To my disappointment a message about your behaviour here was deleted a few >>minutes after it was being posted by me. Alas, so be it - if CCC thinks my >>message is off limit, I accept that. >> >>I hope you had the chance to read it, and, if not, too bad. I'm more than >>willing to repeat it to you in a private message if you feel the urge to know >>the content. >> >>But even without the knowledge of the content I think you understand there's no >>need to act like a smartass about the English language with a non-native speaker >>as you no doubt understand what my intention with that response was. >> >>J. > >Actually, I honestly did not know if it was "here here" or "hear hear". I know >it is often said alloud, and it is one of those things you never really think >about, and I cannot recall having ever seen it written, so it was a question to >you. > >And, the more you think about it, a term such as that one (however you spell it) >really does not make too much sense in our language anymore. Ghoti spells fish, according to George Bernard Shaw We can easily demonstrate it by examination of these words: cou(gh) w(o)men na(ti)on Which is to say, how many of our euphemisms (or any other part of the English language) actually make sense? Perhaps what Jeroen was really saying was: "Can I get an 'amen' from the congregation!"
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