<p>I am utterly confounded! Why is there such a linguistic difference?!</p>
<p>I.E.</p>
<p>Socal: "Britney Spears is freaking hot."
Norcal: "Britney Spears is hella hot."</p>
<p>Regional colloquialism. That’s like asking why people from the (that one region in the US) refer to soda as “pop”</p>
<p>Also, NoCal people are freeeeeeeeeeeaks!!!</p>
<p>Also, here are some articles if you’re interested in reading. Lol what am I saying, you’re a CCer, of course you are!!! :)</p>
<p>I actually searched this up earlier this summer…</p>
<p>[Funny</a> article from UC Davis](<a href=“http://theaggie.org/article/uc-davis-student-gives-hella-new-meaning]Funny”>UC Davis student gives 'hella' new meaning - The Aggie)</p>
<p>And…
[California</a> English - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_English]California”>California English - Wikipedia)</p>
<p>[Hella</a> (word) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hella_(word)]Hella”>Hella - Wikipedia)</p>
<p>I find that very prejudiced. I, for one, use both hella, freakin’, and even hecka, and I think I’m somewhere in NorCal. Why do I? Well, why not?</p>
<p>The NorCal people are freaks comment was not meant to be taken seriously. Sorry if that offended you. I’m just saying… it’s regional colloquialism. People from different areas say things differently.</p>
<p>NorCal > SoCal (except for Venice and it’s really cool canals, and where Disturbia was filmed in Whittier)</p>
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<p>that would be the midwest. </p>
<p>anyway, california’s a big state- of course there’s different slang in different parts.</p>
<p>I’m not gonna lie, that’s a hella outta pocket question.</p>
<p>I’m worried my dialect will **** off my East Coast roommates.</p>
<p>if you’re is anything like this one californian boy that i know… you’ll probably **** off every non-californian you meet.</p>
<p>Whatevs. Katy Perry and Snoop Dogg are on our side. When they sing about how great Connecticut or Missouri girls are, I’ll back down.</p>
<p>Well to the SoCal people, if it makes you feel better, NY people use ‘freakin’ too. Hella is just beyond me at this point … def going to have to catch onto that soon since move-in day is in three weeks</p>
<p>^^ I don’t understand the joke. o_O</p>
<p>Bashing California is fun. Where I live people say things are “friggin’ awesome”, if they’re the kind of people who feel the need for a “straw expletive”.</p>
<p>I prefer to just stick with “the is awesome”, myself, and let my tone and the context communicate how serious I am.</p>
<p>Is there a difference in the accent, or just the dialect? I always thought Cali was Cali.</p>
<p>^^ Mainstream music Joke. Refers to popular songs by the artist. And Psh, Cali has Snoop. We have Jay-Z. My area has Wale.</p>
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Everything is better with classic rock!</p>
<p>Hella sounds weird</p>
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<p>I think that the majority of the inhabitants here have midland accents.</p>
<p>@MIT I know what that part means. I meant his post before, about the “hella out of pocket question” and him ****ing off his East Coast rommates.</p>
<p>Only people in middle school say “freaking”. It’s the kid version of “****ing”.</p>
<p>I don’t think this is a Southern California thing. Lots of people using the word “****ing”.</p>
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<p>Trufflie, he was doing norcal speak. A quick urban dictionary search would show you that “out of pocket” means “off the wall”. </p>
<p>(So cal-ers say off the wall, right?)</p>