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Google gets behind 'hella' campaign

16 points by kqr2 16y ago

ghotli 16y ago
I guess I didn't really garner any intellectual pleasure from this article. Feels more like something i'd see over at digg. Marginally entertaining at best. Not really what I'm used to seeing on HN.
trafficlight 16y ago
I can't, in good conscience, support this. When someone utters the words "hella cool", I have to be physically restrained from punching the offender in the neck.
- postfuturist 16y ago
  Congratulations, you are officially old. Next step: yelling at those kids to get off your lawn.
  - trafficlight 16y ago
    Considering I was of high school age when "hella" was big, I think I'm entitled to be angry about it.
    - alextgordon 16y ago
      It's just a bit of fun. There's nothing to be angry about. It's not actually going to become an SI prefix.
- nostrademons 16y ago
  What if they said "wicked cool" instead?
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  - vishaldpatel 16y ago
    That would be like saying "cool cool"... kinda redundant ;)
  - whakojacko 16y ago
    were talking about NorCal, not the UK.
    - philwelch 16y ago
      "Wicked" is a Boston expression as far as I was aware.
      - whakojacko 16y ago
        Perhaps it is, I only remember it from growing up in London (alongside with massive overuse of "brilliant")
- texel 16y ago
  Me too! Everyone knows the proper usage is "hella rad." Kids these days have no respect for grammar.
  - aharrison 16y ago
    I think we are going in circles.
kqr2 16y ago
For consistency with the current SI units, the prefix should probably be derived from "nona" which is Latin for nine. 10^27 = (10^3)^9. 10^24 = (10^3)^8 is yotta which is derived from "y" + "octo". They added the "y" to prevent the "o" from being mistaken as 0. http://lamar.colostate.edu/~hillger/si-prefixes.html http://lamar.colostate.edu/~hillger/si-prefixes.html http://members.optus.net/alexey/prefSI.xhtml http://members.optus.net/alexey/prefSI.xhtml http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/1409/ http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/1409/
jedberg 16y ago
As a Berkeley grad from SoCal, who attended Berkeley during the rise of hella, I am very much against this. I did everything in my power to stop the spread of hella, but clearly I failed.
- fgimenez 16y ago
  As a Berkeley grad from NorCal, your attempts were futile. ;) Plus, hella was not nearly as annoying as SoCal kids who complained how bad Mexican food is NorCal. All they would do is go on and on about putting french fries in their burritos.
  - jedberg 16y ago
    But we right -- the mexican food IS worse. It's made up for by the Thai and Indian food, so it's all good.

16 points by kqr2 16y ago

I guess I didn't really garner any intellectual pleasure from this article. Feels more like something i'd see over at digg. Marginally entertaining at best. Not really what I'm used to seeing on HN.

trafficlight 16y ago

I can't, in good conscience, support this. When someone utters the words "hella cool", I have to be physically restrained from punching the offender in the neck.

postfuturist 16y ago
Congratulations, you are officially old. Next step: yelling at those kids to get off your lawn.
- trafficlight 16y ago
  Considering I was of high school age when "hella" was big, I think I'm entitled to be angry about it.
  - alextgordon 16y ago
    It's just a bit of fun. There's nothing to be angry about. It's not actually going to become an SI prefix.
nostrademons 16y ago
What if they said "wicked cool" instead?
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- vishaldpatel 16y ago
  That would be like saying "cool cool"... kinda redundant ;)
- whakojacko 16y ago
  were talking about NorCal, not the UK.
  - philwelch 16y ago
    "Wicked" is a Boston expression as far as I was aware.
    - whakojacko 16y ago
      Perhaps it is, I only remember it from growing up in London (alongside with massive overuse of "brilliant")
texel 16y ago
Me too! Everyone knows the proper usage is "hella rad." Kids these days have no respect for grammar.
- aharrison 16y ago
  I think we are going in circles.

kqr2 16y ago

For consistency with the current SI units, the prefix should probably be derived from "nona" which is Latin for nine. 10^27 = (10^3)^9. 10^24 = (10^3)^8 is yotta which is derived from "y" + "octo". They added the "y" to prevent the "o" from being mistaken as 0. http://lamar.colostate.edu/~hillger/si-prefixes.html http://lamar.colostate.edu/~hillger/si-prefixes.html http://members.optus.net/alexey/prefSI.xhtml http://members.optus.net/alexey/prefSI.xhtml http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/1409/ http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/1409/

jedberg 16y ago

As a Berkeley grad from SoCal, who attended Berkeley during the rise of hella, I am very much against this. I did everything in my power to stop the spread of hella, but clearly I failed.

fgimenez 16y ago
As a Berkeley grad from NorCal, your attempts were futile. ;) Plus, hella was not nearly as annoying as SoCal kids who complained how bad Mexican food is NorCal. All they would do is go on and on about putting french fries in their burritos.
- jedberg 16y ago
  But we right -- the mexican food IS worse. It's made up for by the Thai and Indian food, so it's all good.