Heckuva?

[spikechiquet]

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/

 

[spnited]

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

Heck of a thread topic!

 

[spikechiquet]

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?

 

[spnited]

None of the above should be accepted!

 

[Tom Petty]

None of the above should be accepted!

sonuvabitch.

 

[spnited]

**** you, petty. And **** your cross-threading!

 

[Tom Petty]

**** you, petty. And **** your cross-threading!

8)

 

[Flash]

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

 

[Tom Petty]

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.

 

[spikechiquet]

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

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.

 

[Flash]

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

 

[bob]

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

 

[imjustagirl]

**** it. I interview rednecks for a living. If I change gonna to going to, no one's going to believe that's what these people said. And trust me, the readers KNOW how these guys talk.

 

[Ace]

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

Thehellyousay. I resent your slur against our fine U.S. Post Office employees. Damn, icer!

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

 

[Flash]

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

Thehellyousay. I resent your slur against our fine U.S. Post Office employees. Damn, icer!

Imagonna I am going to give you a heckuva heck of a shot to the lips with my stick.

 

[Ace]

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

Thehellyousay. I resent your slur against our fine U.S. Post Office employees. Damn, icer!

Imagonna I am going to give you a heckuva heck of a shot to the lips with my stick.

I'm good with that. The puffy lip look is all the rage.

 

[Flash]

It's hot. We Canadian girls are into it ... along with missing teeth and black eyes.

 

[mustangj17]

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/

Gridder=football player as determined by the terrible writer at the local paper.

I spent years growing up wondering what the **** a cager was. I think it refers to basketball, which still makes no sense. I can think of about 100 words that describe basketball players better than cagers.

Seriously what the **** is a cager?

 

[sirvaliantbrown]

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/

Gridder=football player as determined by the terrible writer at the local paper.

I spent years growing up wondering what the **** a cager was. I think it refers to basketball, which still makes no sense. I can think of about 100 words that describe basketball players better than cagers.

Seriously what the **** is a cager?

Many decades ago, courts were surrounded by wire mesh, making them "cages" and basketball players "cagers."

Since that was many decades ago, though, headline-writers should stop using "cagers." (Or else also start calling hockey players "ponders.")