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I'm sure some are too young here, but there used to be a thing in California in the 80s called "valley girls," and this is how they talked lol. https://www.yout

by cronix 6y ago

I'm sure some are too young here, but there used to be a thing in California in the 80s called "valley girls," and this is how they talked lol. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIOocUQkfzk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIOocUQkfzk I think the only time I've really heard "hella" in mainstream is No Doubt's "Hella Good" song. The same was done with "uber," until a company took it for their name. Uber-this and uber-that was all over the place. Rarely hear it now outside of ride sharing.

mhh__ 6y ago
The chin movements are actually not dissimilar to the kind of British English you'll hear from privately educated people with names like Hamish and piers
samizdis 6y ago
There was a song from the 1980s that highlighted/parodied California slang - Valley Girl, by Frank Zappa, with the main and narrative vocal line provided by his then-teenage daughter Moon. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valley_Girl_(song) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valley_Girl_(song) Edited to add: I should have checked out the link in your post, which is mainly about this track. Edited again to add the Wikipedia entry on the track Valley Girl: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valley_Girl_(song) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valley_Girl_(song)
reducesuffering 6y ago
Too young? Valley girl speak is alive and well in younger circles I assure you.
deathanatos 6y ago
> I think the only time I've really heard "hella" in mainstream is No Doubt's "Hella Good" song. It's used several times in Macklemore's Thrift Shop: Ice on the fringe, it's so damn frosty The people like, Damn! That's a cold ass honkey. Rollin' in, hella deep, headin' to the mezzanine Dressed in all pink, 'cept my gator shoes, those are green [snip] That shirt's hella dope And having the same one as six other people in this club is a hella don't Peep game, come take a look through my telescope Trying to get girls from a brand? Then you hella won't Then you hella won't

by cronix 6y ago

mhh__ 6y ago

The chin movements are actually not dissimilar to the kind of British English you'll hear from privately educated people with names like Hamish and piers

samizdis 6y ago

There was a song from the 1980s that highlighted/parodied California slang - Valley Girl, by Frank Zappa, with the main and narrative vocal line provided by his then-teenage daughter Moon. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valley_Girl_(song) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valley_Girl_(song) Edited to add: I should have checked out the link in your post, which is mainly about this track. Edited again to add the Wikipedia entry on the track Valley Girl: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valley_Girl_(song) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valley_Girl_(song)

reducesuffering 6y ago

Too young? Valley girl speak is alive and well in younger circles I assure you.

deathanatos 6y ago

> I think the only time I've really heard "hella" in mainstream is No Doubt's "Hella Good" song. It's used several times in Macklemore's Thrift Shop: Ice on the fringe, it's so damn frosty The people like, Damn! That's a cold ass honkey. Rollin' in, hella deep, headin' to the mezzanine Dressed in all pink, 'cept my gator shoes, those are green [snip] That shirt's hella dope And having the same one as six other people in this club is a hella don't Peep game, come take a look through my telescope Trying to get girls from a brand? Then you hella won't Then you hella won't