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ScottGilbert t1_itzdq2j wrote

Reply to comment by cingerix in My great aunt Penny and my great uncle Joel a year before they were married in 1969. Out of five siblings, they’re the only couple still together today. by madzquinn7

Hell of an*

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cingerix t1_itzdujs wrote

haha, true!

funny that you're getting upvoted and i'm getting downvoted when we both agree lol.

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Boxsquid0 t1_itzgg95 wrote

the colloquialism is helluva, but what is English anyway

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cingerix t1_itzi8by wrote

yeah that spelling works just as well!

"hella" is just a completely different slang word lol

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montdidier t1_iu1ptt1 wrote

My best guess as to why you are getting downvoted is because folks consider these expressions to simply be morphological clippings/contractions of the original expression. While it is commonly used as an adjectival intensifier they don’t agree with your assertion that it is different altogether and you have introduced an irrelevant argument and have distracted from a perfectly relatable comment.

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