Talk:now hear this
Latest comment: 15 years ago by Msh210 in topic Now hear this
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I didn't know this was a Navy phrase until I saw the gloss on your addition just now. I first encountered it at university, where it would precede the announcement that the library was closing. Perhaps it has more general usage? Equinox ◑ 21:01, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
- Perhaps so. It's worth searching the usual citation sources to see. (Otherwise, perhaps your university's library adopted the announcement from the Navy. (I'm assuming you didn't attend the Naval Academy.
:-)))—msh210℠ 21:04, 26 February 2009 (UTC)- Among the first twenty results at google books:"now hear this" announce|announcement, the relevant ones are by and large (all but one, I think) naval in context.—msh210℠ 19:46, 4 March 2009 (UTC)