Is it OK to use 'hear tell' as in "I hear tell he's getting married next month."?
O ostap77 Key Member Joined Sep 9, 2010 Member Type Student or Learner Native Language Ukrainian Home Country Ukraine Current Location Ukraine Jun 20, 2014 #1 Is it OK to use 'hear tell' as in "I hear tell he's getting married next month."?
Raymott VIP Member Joined Jun 29, 2008 Member Type Academic Native Language English Home Country Australia Current Location Australia Jun 20, 2014 #2 ostap77 said: Is it OK to use 'hear tell' as in "I hear tell he's getting married next month."? Click to expand... Yes.
ostap77 said: Is it OK to use 'hear tell' as in "I hear tell he's getting married next month."? Click to expand... Yes.
MikeNewYork VIP Member Joined Nov 13, 2002 Member Type Academic Native Language American English Home Country United States Current Location United States Jun 20, 2014 #3 It's OK, but "tell" is really not needed there.
emsr2d2 Moderator Staff member Joined Jul 28, 2009 Member Type English Teacher Native Language British English Home Country UK Current Location UK Jun 20, 2014 #4 It's not needed but " hear tell" is an acceptable, if rather stylised, collocation in BrE.
Barb_D Moderator Staff member Joined Mar 12, 2007 Member Type Other Native Language American English Home Country United States Current Location United States Jun 20, 2014 #5 And I would have said it was colloquial American English. So we both have it.
O ostap77 Key Member Joined Sep 9, 2010 Member Type Student or Learner Native Language Ukrainian Home Country Ukraine Current Location Ukraine Jun 21, 2014 #6 To ask a person if they've heard that someone is getting, could I just say "Do you hear he's getting married?"?
To ask a person if they've heard that someone is getting, could I just say "Do you hear he's getting married?"?
Barb_D Moderator Staff member Joined Mar 12, 2007 Member Type Other Native Language American English Home Country United States Current Location United States Jun 21, 2014 #7 Have you heard that...? Did you hear that...?
BobK Moderator Staff member Joined Jul 29, 2006 Location Spencers Wood, near Reading, UK Member Type Retired English Teacher Native Language English Home Country UK Current Location UK Jun 21, 2014 #8 :up: And when you do use 'hear tell' (not in this context), remember to inflect only the 'hear': 'I hear tell...'/'I have heard tell...' etc. b
:up: And when you do use 'hear tell' (not in this context), remember to inflect only the 'hear': 'I hear tell...'/'I have heard tell...' etc. b