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No, I thought it was always 'Here' as in location. I believe it was used in British Parliament to denote a member that supported whatever had been said and where this supporter was in the room.
No, I thought it was always 'Here' as in location. I believe it was used in British Parliament to denote a member that supported whatever had been said and where this supporter was in the room.
I could be wrong.
you're wrong.
it was used [not only in parliament] originally as 'hear him, hear him' or 'hear ye, hear ye' as in.. LISTEN TO.
it's evolved into 'hear hear' as an expression of agreement.