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When we say “hear, hear!” in English, what we mean is “I concur!” In Yiddish, though, “here, here, here!” (“at-at-at”) has become the Hebrew “ototo” (oh-toh-TOH), meaning “right away.” Ototo is more immediate than “now” (“akshav”) and arguably even than “immediately” (“miyad”). It’s more like “any second now.”
