SAYIN HELLA

[DippedinButter]

Gwen Stefani from So Cal n she made a song called "HELLA GOOD"

 

[luv2squab]

does anyone say hecka?

 

[92five10]

does anyone say hecka?

if someone said that shit around me i would clown the shit out of um

 

[Sketchy B]

Yeah, that shit definitely started in norcal, but its spread all over the west coast now. People definitely dont say it as much outside of nor-cal, but you definitely hear it, especially if you know folks from the bay, or spend time down there and whatnot.

Like dude said, its pretty much a linguistic improvement -- you sound like a straight dork if you say 'lots' or 'tons' or 'a lot' all the time. It's nice to sprinkle in a 'hella' here and there.

Y'all is some slang that pretty necessary too. Because if you just say 'you' meaning y'all, its confusing -- do you mean just the person you are talking to, or everyone? And 'you all' just sounds dumb as well as gramatically busted.

 

[North Vallejo]

HELLA makes carparts.

http://www.hella.com/produktion/HellaCOM/WebSite/Channels/Home/Home.jsp

 

[Mars]

Its associated with the rap community.

I've been saying Hella for HECKA days!

 

[Sketchy B]

Hella is a slang term associated with rap. It first appeared in rap songs.

Are you sure about that? I might guess that its associated with weed, because the white norcal stoners I knew from the early 90s were saying it every 6th or 7th word.

 

[650Ubeezy]

I been saying hella since like kindergarten. I think "hella" is the most commonly used slang word in northern california.

 

[RedStorm]

Are you sure about that? I might guess that its associated with weed, because the white norcal stoners I knew from the early 90s were saying it every 6th or 7th word.

I've got a video from like 1984 with James Hetfield from Metallica saying it. Whoever in this thread said it started started in the skater scene is probably right...then again, it doesn't really matter.

 

[AllCity Cinemas]

Gwen Stefani from So Cal n she made a song called "HELLA GOOD"

on the little makin of the video she said "i came up to northern california and everyother word was hella, thats where i got the idea" thats the first time i realized not everyone said it ha

 

[BrOwn_BoY]

^^^^^^^ youre right it probably doesnt matter, but jesse why dont your dumbass tell what songs you heard from the 80's with hella in it from the rap genre.

















Wat was that...















you dont know...



















then kick rocks beezie.

 

[RedStorm]

^^what was so great in that post that you had to add 30 minutes later?

 

[BrOwn_BoY]

Im askin pastor rice a question.

 

[RedStorm]

 

[D'struction]

I've been saying HELLA for HELLA long, and I'm not from NORCAL....so fuck yall

 

[what it thizz]

everyone clowns on it outside of nor cal. my boy goes to military school in virginia and everyone hates on him for it there. but so cal ways 'wicked' all the time and i never heard that up here... whatever. i say hella and i dont really care what anyone else thinks about it

 

[Sr. Chingon]

i think errbody says hellla
i live in nor cal
but when i go to so cal
and talk to folks they be sayin hella too

 

[B-San]

I had folks from LA trippin off it back in the day... but they had they thang goin without even knowin' it; instead of saying 'hella' they'd be sayin' 'than a muthafucka'....

example: instead of "it's hella hot right now" it would be "it's hot than a mothafucka right now"

or instead of saying "damn she hella bad" it would be "damn she bad than a muthafucka"

but now hella nationwide and hella folks be hella sayin it

 

[AGENT707]

You obviously dont watch Southpark.

PS-Hella is a lame word.

PS ur just jealous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

nor cal folks know the deal...
that shit is in the culture...i know dudes in their 40's who say hella..

if u didnt grow up around it u wouldnt undertand...

boston people say wicked...its the same shit...i respect their shit..

 

[ValleyPainProduct]

I had folks from LA trippin off it back in the day... but they had they thang goin without even knowin' it; instead of saying 'hella' they'd be sayin' 'than a muthafucka'....

example: instead of "it's hella hot right now" it would be "it's hot than a mothafucka right now"

or instead of saying "damn she hella bad" it would be "damn she bad than a muthafucka"

but now hella nationwide and hella folks be hella sayin it

i dunno a lot a my oakland homies say "dan a mafucca" and i do too now that i think about it....... i think a lotta blacc people say that all over the place......