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Style: Hell of a OR helluva?

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by SoSueMe, May 21, 2007.

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  1. Runaway Jim

    Runaway Jim Member

    The edict from on high at my paper forces us to skip that whole debate...it's "heck," "darn," and "Jeesum Crow" for us.

    Damn over-sensitive bluehairs. They ruin everything. :)
     
    Runaway Jim, May 23, 2007
    #37
  2. SoSueMe

    SoSueMe Active Member

    Yep. Those be the ones!

    Guy was 1-for-3, also reaching on a fielder's choice last night. He's struck out once this season.

    He keeps saying it all has to do with the lenses.
     
    SoSueMe, May 23, 2007
    #38
  3. Your Huckleberry

    Your Huckleberry Member

    Well you killed it whether you meant to "not to threadjack" or did.
     
    Your Huckleberry, May 25, 2007
    #39
  4. Jones

    Jones Active Member

    By all means, Huck, enlighten us. Please opine on "hell of a" vs. "helluva." Let's get this baby back on track!

    I'm sure this would have been a twenty-pager -- nay, the greatest twenty-page thread in the history of the board -- had I not asked a question about contact lenses.

    I swoon with remorse.
     
    Jones, May 25, 2007
    #40
  5. Ace

    Ace Well-Known Member

    Dadnabit, Jones. You goldarn fool!
     
    Ace, May 25, 2007
    #41
  6. Your Huckleberry

    Your Huckleberry Member

    Dude, I was joking. Relax man. Take your eyes off the computer screen, lean back and prop your feet up for about 5.
     
    Your Huckleberry, May 25, 2007
    #42
  7. Minnesota4Ever

    Minnesota4Ever Member

    Hell of a is how I would write it.

    Isn't Helluva slang?

    Makes the sentence much more clearer.
     
    Minnesota4Ever, May 25, 2007
    #43
  8. bigpern23

    bigpern23 Well-Known Member

    I actually would have kept 'hell of a" in there. It plays nicely off his quote.
     
    bigpern23, May 25, 2007
    #44
  9. Central-KY-Kid

    Central-KY-Kid Well-Known Member

    "heckuva" and "helluva" both appear in the Random House Unabridged Dictionary as well as Houghton Mifflin's American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition.

    "gonna" is in both as well.

    http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/heckuva
    http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/helluva
     
    Central-KY-Kid, May 25, 2007
    #45
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