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Speck Tater

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6. What's the context?

Reply to Jamaal510 (Original post)

Sat Jan 5, 2013, 11:49 PM

Jan 2013

Do people just walk up to you say "Hella!"?

Is it a greeting, like "hello"? Do they smile when they say it?

Or is it a verb?

Use it in a sentence so those of us who have never heard it can get some idea of what the intent is.

It can't be half as annoying as knights who say.... oh, never mind.

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Why do people from the Bay say "hella" all the time? [View all] Jamaal510 Jan 2013 OP

I say "hella." David__77 Jan 2013 #1

I transplanted here in 1999, and it drove me crazy. Even worse: hecka arcane1 Jan 2013 #2

I don't think it's exclusively from the bay area. Mr.Bill Jan 2013 #3

I heard it from L A folks first ... bayareaboy Jan 2013 #14

Hella good question! It means 10 to the 27th power. bananas Jan 2013 #4

Old people don't say it. We have already been through every speech incarnation OffWithTheirHeads Jan 2013 #5

What's the context? Speck Tater Jan 2013 #6

Examples of how I've heard it used xxxsdesdexxx Jan 2013 #8

Hmmmm. Sounds like a synonym for "very", or "extremely". Speck Tater Jan 2013 #11

I have also noticed an increase in the # of white teenagers saying "Fo sure" xxxsdesdexxx Jan 2013 #7

Lived here all of my life and I never noticed it. Never hear the word "Frisco," anymore, either. demosincebirth Jan 2013 #9

I am so glad for that.. AsahinaKimi Jan 2013 #10

I don't hella know. Starry Messenger Jan 2013 #12

They are witches thus wicked y'know n/t flamingdem Jan 2013 #15

LOL. In Mass we could make a pretty good guess where you lived if you called something "wicked". pinto Jan 2013 #16

I've only heard it in movies. :) Starry Messenger Jan 2013 #18

DING DING DING KamaAina Jan 2013 #17

Because they're ten years behind the west coast. Mr.Bill Jan 2013 #19

I'm trying to bring back Groovy. Mr.Bill Jan 2013 #13