[Mageia-dev] "Hear, hear" usage

[Florian Hubold]

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 :)