It's "hear, hear". Both Wikipedia and phrases.org.uk cite its origin as the UK Parliament. From the former: It was originally an imperative for directing attention to speakers, and has since been …

Jan 22, 2014 · To hear of something is to become aware of it, whereas to hear about something is to be informed about it, for example, to receive news about it: Have you heard of John Key? …

Dec 6, 2016 · It's not a misunderstanding of ye. The thorn really was often printed as y, so in phrases like "Ye Olde Shoppe", the Ye really does mean The (and is pronounced as the, …

Hear as opposed to *listen" is choice; many people say, Listen to me. Perhaps the origin is referring to the use of Hear ye, the call (along with a bell, gong, or drum) of the town criers, …

It is short for "Hear him! Hear him!" Origin phrases.org. Originated in the British parliament in the 18th century as a contraction of 'hear him, hear him'. It is at least older than this entry in …

Apr 25, 2012 · I got an email from an instructor today. Towards the end of email she says: "Here is to finishing off the semester in a positive way." What does that mean?

Yes is not a formal word; you can use it in both formal and informal contexts.. Looking at the definitions given for yeah, yeh, yep, or yup, all those words are defined as exclamation & noun …

@JLG: I use "I am yet to [verb]" all the time. I certainly didn't invent it, and I remember getting called out on it exactly once, by Robusto in our chat (and even he agreed that it was …

Jan 7, 2015 · So even though "look at here" seems to have emerged as a mistaken interpretation of "look-a-here" and "looky here" and "lookit here" (which probably actually arose from "look …

Whereas others pronounce it with a 'ye' sound in the beginning. In this case one finds that using 'a' suddenly sounds more comfortable. e.g. 'It's been a 'ye'ar since we talked'.