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Fri Oct-05-07 06:25 AM
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Edited on Fri Oct-05-07 06:27 AM by dicksteele
By the time the first "newspaper reporter" had such a slow news day
that he bothered to mention the well-known fact that people
used the common phrase, "hear, hear", the origins of the phrase
were already lost to history.
Most everyone agreed 'twas a contraction used by "town criers" for
generations before penny broadsheets (What you kids call "newspapers")
were invented , but no one knew just exactly WHAT had been CONTRACTED.
Some said it was short for "Come here, come here", others said
it was short for "Hear ye, hear ye".
By the time anyone cared to ask what it meant, no one really knew for sure anymore.
Just like "hello", or "fuck".
However, if they were alive today, I'm certain they would all agree
that Cecil@theStraightDope is talking out of his ass.
Rhubarb, rhubarb.......
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| -Hillary supporters moaning about anti-HRC posts are getting on my last nerve... |
truebrit71 |
Oct-04-07 12:27 PM |
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Would you like to give an example? |
William769 |
Oct-04-07 12:29 PM |
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Are you trying to win a DUzy? Because that's pretty funny right there! |
dicksteele |
Oct-04-07 12:31 PM |
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LOL! (psst, watch out for the over-reaction from the hillarians, now.) |
antifaschits |
Oct-04-07 01:05 PM |
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Would you like to give an example? |
William769 |
Oct-04-07 12:29 PM |
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Here's the scoop - bitch and moan all you want (and oh, I'm not an HRC supporter) |
LynneSin |
Oct-04-07 12:32 PM |
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I don't mind anti-HRC posts, that's politics. |
rinsd |
Oct-04-07 12:32 PM |
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Here, here |
Steve_in_California |
Oct-04-07 12:33 PM |
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Forgive the audacity; however, I believe it's "hear, hear." |
juajen |
Oct-04-07 01:27 PM |
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It's EITHER; the spelling is just a matter of personal preference. |
dicksteele |
Oct-05-07 05:49 AM |
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Really? |
urgk |
Oct-05-07 06:05 AM |
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Really. |
dicksteele |
Oct-05-07 06:25 AM |
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Not buying it. |
urgk |
Oct-05-07 08:14 AM |
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Well, Merriam Webster MIGHT be a slightly better source than I... |
dicksteele |
Oct-05-07 03:43 PM |
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Still waiting. |
William769 |
Oct-04-07 12:33 PM |
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Take a look in the forums....if you can't find any get back to me... |
truebrit71 |
Oct-04-07 12:39 PM |
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Whats the old saying? |
William769 |
Oct-04-07 12:40 PM |
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You know the old saying? |
truebrit71 |
Oct-04-07 12:41 PM |
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If she supported Hillary you might have a case, but she doesn't. |
William769 |
Oct-04-07 12:44 PM |
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Pssst see post #7. |
rinsd |
Oct-04-07 12:46 PM |
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I love threads like this they really speak for themselves! |
William769 |
Oct-04-07 12:49 PM |
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You talking to me? Bring it... |
truebrit71 |
Oct-04-07 12:54 PM |
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See post #13. |
William769 |
Oct-04-07 12:55 PM |
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See post #69 |
truebrit71 |
Oct-04-07 12:56 PM |
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Running scared, typical. see ya! |
William769 |
Oct-04-07 01:01 PM |
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I absolutely did, but those HRC-blinders-of-obedience don't allow you to use |
truebrit71 |
Oct-04-07 01:05 PM |
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Whoa there; you just stepped on my toes & I don't like that |
MODemocrat |
Oct-04-07 09:33 PM |
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self delete. |
William769 |
Oct-04-07 12:55 PM |
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The old saying is:"It's impossible to awaken a man who is PRETENDING to be asleep." |
dicksteele |
Oct-05-07 05:35 AM |
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He's not been able to supply a single link. |
LeftCoast |
Oct-04-07 12:46 PM |
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Here you go. |
ieoeja |
Oct-04-07 03:36 PM |
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Haha, the jokes on you. |
cat_girl25 |
Oct-04-07 12:34 PM |
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Moaners about Hillary supporters moaning about anti-HRC posts are getting on my last nerve... |
rodeodance |
Oct-04-07 12:35 PM |
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Hey! Go start you own thread... |
truebrit71 |
Oct-04-07 12:38 PM |
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You know, actually this is a copycat thread. |
cat_girl25 |
Oct-04-07 12:58 PM |
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I'd alert you too.... |
truebrit71 |
Oct-04-07 01:03 PM |
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especially the ones who bitch about the . . . . never mind. |
antifaschits |
Oct-04-07 01:06 PM |
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I'm gonna have to separate you kids! |
K8-EEE |
Oct-04-07 01:19 PM |
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RELUCTANTLY is the only way I vote for Hillary. She'll have to win the nod from Dems first |
EVDebs |
Oct-04-07 01:30 PM |
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You don't like, don"t read them! |
watercolors |
Oct-04-07 01:33 PM |
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Psssst... |
urgk |
Oct-05-07 10:31 AM |
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One would think they would be magnanimous... |
KaptBunnyPants |
Oct-04-07 01:34 PM |
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A lot of candidate's supporters are little babies when it comes to their sacred cow. |
Forkboy |
Oct-04-07 03:01 PM |
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Leave Hillary Alone!!!! |
Totally Committed |
Oct-04-07 03:05 PM |
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That is exactly the point. It seems like they do not have a life. |
Ethelk2044 |
Oct-04-07 03:37 PM |
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Looked in a mirror lately? |
William769 |
Oct-04-07 08:42 PM |
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Childish reply |
Terre |
Oct-04-07 08:46 PM |
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No shit. |
ronnykmarshall |
Oct-04-07 08:46 PM |
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Ethel, you are the queen of the hit and run post so your statement is laughable. |
rinsd |
Oct-05-07 03:47 PM |
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yaaaaaaawwwwwwnnnnnn! |
ronnykmarshall |
Oct-04-07 08:45 PM |
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Hillary is very divisive, even in her own party. That is just how it is. |
illinoisprogressive |
Oct-04-07 09:46 PM |
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And your proof? |
William769 |
Oct-05-07 07:29 AM |
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Agree |
Larkspur |
Oct-05-07 08:27 AM |
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To quote a level-headed poster on another thread... |
urgk |
Oct-05-07 05:58 AM |
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We used to be about issues, but we're over that now... |
LanternWaste |
Oct-05-07 08:17 AM |
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I agree. Well said. |
urgk |
Oct-05-07 10:29 AM |
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