Talk:now hear this

Now hear this
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, the relevant ones are by and large (all but one, I think) naval in context.—msh210 ℠  19:46, 4 March 2009 (UTC)