Heckuva?

Why, oh why do people put this is their stories? What's the history behind this, because it seems to come from, ahem, our more esteemed colleagues age bracket.

What is so wrong with typing out 'heck of a'.

Of course, I did once and the coach chewed me out for it. Oh, yeah, it was a Christian school and he got flack from parents that he "swore" to the local rag.

The same goes for 'harriers', 'cagers', 'tankers', 'icers', 'thinclads', 'netters', 'spikers'...did I miss any?

Found an old topic on this...but never really answered my question. Seems to be more of a regional thing...I never learned it in school.

http://www.sportsjournalists.com/forum/threads/41781/

 

You may be young, but you are not dumb if you never use "heckuva" or "helluva."

Heck of a thread topic!

 

Agreed.

Otherwise wes gunna haves to quote ppl likes they talks.

Goshdernit.

I guess my point is that why is gonna or gunna not accepted, but heckuva or helluva is?

 

None of the above should be accepted!

 

sonuvabitch.

 

Fuck you, petty. And fuck your cross-threading!

 

8)

 

Please, please don't tell me an 'icer' is a hockey player. I'll have to go postal on someone.

 

i thought an icer was a person who did good meth.

 

I grew up on a paper that used it religiously.

When I got old enough to work there...the abuse stopped. I redesigned the paper while the SE was out of the office for carpal tunnel surgery and the cliches stopped...well, till I left for greener pastures.

 

Well, that's it ... I'm going to have to go shoot someone now.

 

I appreciate those thoughts. I regularly use heckuva, gonna, etc., when quoting. Old habit that I now realize I've gotta break.