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Which is correct, “Hear, Hear” or “Here, here?”

Quick answer: The correct term is “hear, hear.”

The Maven’s word of the day answered this question back in 1998: The shout is hear, hear.

They continue:

The original form of this expression was hear him, which was usually repeated. This imperative was used to call attention to a speaker’s words, and naturally developed the sense of a broad expression of favor.

… As a parliamentary cheer, hear him, hear him! is first recorded in the late seventeenth century and continued into the nineteenth; the reduction to hear! or hear, hear! occurred by the late eighteenth century. However, the use of the verb hear as an imperative meaning ‘listen!’ is older: a notable example is the parliamentary-sounding “Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear” (King James Bible, 2 Samuel xx 16).

The Straight Dope agrees:

When you agree with someone, do you say “Here Here!” or “Hear Hear” ? And what does it mean? What is the origin of “Here Here” or “Hear Hear”?

— Tymoma195

The answer: The correct term is, “hear, hear!” It is an abbreviation for “hear, all ye good people, hear what this brilliant and eloquent speaker has to say!”

Get Free Shipping at Staples.com

Staples.com already offers free delivery on all orders over $50. I found this little tip at Slickdeals.net that explains a trick you can use to get free shipping on all orders from Staples.com, even those that total less than $50.

The Trick:

1. Go to My Account > Personal Information
2. Delete any information in the field titled “Staples RewardsSM, Staples Teacher Rewards™, Tax Exempt, Customer Number”
3. Save your changes
4. Re-add the number
5. Save again.

After completing these steps, all orders should now show Free Delivery.

The original poster from Slickdeals, a user calling himself ” yuugotserved”, included a few screen shots as well.

Major League Baseball: “Get a free ball from the team that just knocked your team out of the playoffs”

I’m a Milwaukee Brewers fan.

While it was sad to see the Brewers get bounced in the NLDS by the Phillies, it was still nice to see the Brewers long post-season drought finally come to an end.

Because I am a Milwaukee Brewers fan, I am subscribed to a Milwaukee Brewers email list and have opted in to receive special offers regarding the Brewers.

Still, nothing prepared me for what I saw when I opened my email box this morning:

That’s right, if I act now, I can get a “get a Cole Hamels autographed baseball after [my] first qualifying transaction(s) using [my] Philadelphia Phillies® Extra Bases credit card.” (!!!) Since the Phillies beat the Brewers, all Brewers fans must now be Phillies fans. Makers perfect sense.

This is the problem with spam and email - it costs next to nothing to blast hundreds of thousands of people with your inane marketing messages, so why not give it a shot?