Holla... WTF?!

[Nick]

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I don't know if it's just around where I live, but all the kids at school with few exceptions are managing to incorporate the word 'holla' into everying ----ing setance and it's really ----ing annoying! all these slang words are really gay and if one more person tells me to 'holla at them' I'm going to go off on them. :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

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Ok I'm done now :). But seriously, does all this slang get on anyone else's nerves?

[Jan]

What does holla mean? :confused:

[Nick]

Originally posted by Jan
What does holla mean? :confused:

Some slang word kids picked up from a rap song :p.

Typical usage:


i'm gonna bounce, holla at me lata yo

Wtf is wrong with saying:


I'm gonna go, talk to you later

:confused:

[Dusty]

What does holla mean?Well, "hola" is Spanish for "hello". I don't know what "holla" means, unless it's just a corruption of "holler". Judging from Nick's example that's probably what it means, holler.

[Nick]

Originally posted by Dusty
...unless it's just a corruption of "holler".

That's what it is...

[Bruce]

Originally posted by Nick
But seriously, does all this slang get on anyone else's nerves? Actually, no, but that's because I use it in my everyday life. A lot of people probably wouldn't think it by the way I'm always using proper grammar on forums and such, but in real life I'm truly nothing like this.

I guess it all really depends on where you come from. It's also becoming more common here now because of the cultural changes.

[Giancarlo]

When speaking english I don't use slang... it just sounds really bad imho...

[syd]

Saying english WITHOUT slang, sounds awfully goofy to native speakers.

[Dusty]

Slang does become annoying apart from the very common that may as well be accepted English. What really irks me, however, is using the word "get" as a catch-all verb to take the place of any possible action. People here do that all the time. "Get done" means "quit" ("got done" is "fired"), "get going" means "leave", "get gone" means "left", "get talking" means "spoke", etc. I hate all that. Also, the complete lack of distinction made between "got" and "gotten" is forever a nuisance.

[syd]

"get going" is fairly common though

"I gotta grab my stuff and get going" sounds good :)

[Bruce]

Originally posted by Dusty
"Get done" means "quit" ("got done" is "fired"), "get going" means "leave", "get gone" means "left", "get talking" means "spoke", etc. How far out in the boonies do you live? :eek:

"Get going" I can live with, but the others... :confused2

[Giancarlo]

Originally posted by syd
Saying english WITHOUT slang, sounds awfully goofy to native speakers.

Many people have told me it sounds really bad, and since I have a slightly weird accent I don't even try using slang because it would sound really bad if I tried.

[syd]

It doesn't sound bad until you start going h to the izzo or stuff like that.

[Giancarlo]

Umm, well my problem is I would sound even more like Fez from that 70s show, because I have tried using some slang and it didn't sound good and people told me that I sound like him.

;)

[smorodina]

Originally posted by Dusty
Also, the complete lack of distinction made between "got" and "gotten" is forever a nuisance.

:confused: What is the difference? In UK we don't use 'gotten' - I thought it was the same thing.

[bigperm]

Holla is from the Missy Elliot song 'Get your freak on' She says 'holla' at the begining of one verse, and also the F-A-B-U-L-O-U-S song... where he says Holla back youn'un whoot whoot.

I say 'holla' and all that crazy slang. I like it, and I think it makes things more interesting.

[Robert]

Originally posted by Bruce
Actually, no, but that's because I use it in my everyday life. A lot of people probably wouldn't think it by the way I'm always using proper grammar on forums and such, but in real life I'm truly nothing like this.

I guess it all really depends on where you come from. It's also becoming more common here now because of the cultural changes.

I have to agree with Bruce here. I type proper english, or the best I can. But when it comes to speaking English with my friends, the words "yo", "aiight", "dawg", "homie", "holla" and "peace" or "peace out" are used more times than any other word. As well as profanity. When I'm around an adult or a stranger, proper english.

To a friend i would say "yo, wassup dawg? What you doing? I'm chillin"

To a stranger I would say "Hello. How's it going? I'm doing alright".

Don't hate people because of how they speak, hate them because of what they speak of.

[stu]

I use "ain't" both on the net and in person...

[shizzle]

I use shizzle instead on s-h-i-t. Dunno why. I think I did it once, it became an inside joke, and now its just a common thing wit my friends.

[Robert]

Originally posted by stu
I use "ain't" both on the net and in person...

Using the word "aint" in a professional environment makes you look very unprofessional.. IMHO.

[stu]

Originally posted by Robert


Using the word "aint" in a professional environment makes you look very unprofessional.. IMHO. i'm sure "holla", "wassup dawg", and "homie" are just as bad or even worse.. :biggrin2:

[Hobbes]

This slang is the corruption and downfall of the english language as we know it!:cry2: :mad: :eek: :cry2:

[Robert]

Originally posted by stu
i'm sure "holla", "wassup dawg", and "homie" are just as bad or even worse.. :biggrin2:

And that is exactly why I don't use them in a professional environment. I never use "ain't".

[Giancarlo]

At least you guys can use slang. I sound like a dork when I use english slang.... I mean really bad....

[meow]

Originally posted by Robert


Using the word "aint" in a professional environment makes you look very unprofessional.. IMHO.
Interesting facts about ain't. :)

http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=ain't

[Bruce]

GC, you can't sound any worse than this (http://m-w.com/cgi-bin/audio.pl?hollo_02.wav=holla)...

[Dusty]

What is the difference? In UK we don't use 'gotten' - I thought it was the same thing.Got means something you have. "I've got a red car" would be the same as "I am in the possession of a red car". Gotten means something you've acquired. "I've gotten a red car" would mean "I've recently come into the possession of a red car".

[Dusty]

One other thing that bugs the hell out of me is people who think "and me" is never correct and say utterly stupid stuff like "That room belongs to Sandra and I". More annoying are people who actually try to correct you for correctly using the word "me". I blame elementary school for that. Corrupting young minds, telling them they're wrong not using "I", never mentioning there are occasions when "me" is correct.