Appendix:Snowclones/I am X, hear me Y

English

Etymology

1972 in a Helen Reddy song "I am Woman", which starts with I am woman, hear me roar.

Phrase

I am X, hear me Y

1. (snowclone) Used to draw attention to what one has to say. X can be anything; Y is usually "roar", but can be some other noise that X habitually makes.

Statistics

• Frequency: Very frequent (upward of 10 million Google or Google Books results)

External links

• Discussion of this phrase at Snowclones.org
• Discussion of this phrase at Language Log