[Mageia-dev] "Hear, hear" usage

Thu Jan 12 22:43:54 CET 2012

Am 12.01.2012 22:28, schrieb Frank Griffin:
+> On 01/12/2012 04:17 PM, Johnny A. Solbu wrote:
+>> On Thursday 12 January 2012 21:25, Christian Lohmaier wrote:
+>>> what point is Johnny trying to make with his "hear, hear" for example?
+>> As far as I understand, that is a common British thing to do when one agree
+>> with the current speaker.
+>> (Watch news reports involving the British government's debates, usually
+>> involving the Prime minister, for some examples)
+>> Another way I see people do the exact same thing is replying with "+1".
+>> "Hear, hear" is the same thing.
+>>
+>> Untill someone comes with valid claims that this have the exact opposite
+>> meaning or to be offensive in another other country, I intend to keep using
+>> it. :-)=
+>>
+> Your usage is correct, and it's used in American English as well.  The
+> intended meaning is "Hear (i. e. listen to) the speaker, because I find value
+> in what he is saying".
+>
+Well, directly translating this phrase into german, it has another meaning.
+Used in colloquial language, it means something like ironically saying
+"well, look at that" or "enough with this nonsense" but also in the form
+Johnny used it.
+
+But at least understanding problems are cleared out now :)
+