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Re: Wish list



>
> At 09:36 AM 3/30/97 -0500, you wrote:
> >
> >Hear, hear, about em- & en-dashes. And how about slashes, as in wordone/
> >wordtwo, where one would like the end of line to come between the two
> >if convenient? Or is this too infrequent a matter to worry about?
> >
> >Phil Smith
> >Columbia Music Company
> >
> Isn't it "here, here"? And what is its origin? Harry
>
>
> Harry Binswanger
> hb@xxxxxxxx
>
>


I always assumed it meant "Listen to the guy", but that is merely
folk etymology. Anybody else have ideas on the subject?

Phil Smith
Columbia Music Company