hither twice

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Definition of hither twice in English English dictionary

Indeed! Absolutely! Hear, hear!

Derek: Hither twice!.

Hyphenation

hith·er twice

Turkish pronunciation

hîdhır tways

Pronunciation

/ˈhəᴛʜər ˈtwīs/ /ˈhɪðɜr ˈtwaɪs/

Etymology

() A number of linguistic jokes: hear, hear → here, here (hear and here are homophones) → here twice (a back-formation from reduplication) → hither twice (hither (“to here”) conveys the implicit direction of hear, hear ≅ focus your attention toward ).