Wrong and Holla

[Vida J Morkunas]

In Vancouver BC, I often hear 'that's just WRONG' as a common phrase to
express surprise or irony.

I wonder whether some of these common expressions originate from hit movies
or TV shows.

The above has an SNL flavour to it (...perhaps this final comment shows my
age more than my observation skills?)

Cheers -

Vida.
Happiness is not getting what you want, but wanting what you have.
     Rabbi Hyman Schachtel

-----Original Message-----
From: American Dialect Society [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU]On Behalf Of
Benjamin Barrett
Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 6:16 PM
To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: Wrong and Holla

This quarter, a student has used wrong and holla in interesting ways.

He uses wrong as a predicate to mean unfair. "This is wrong," he proclaims,
meaning the way a paper was graded was wrong.

Also, he used holla to mean to spread one's arms out in a rapper-like
movement.

I haven't checked around for wrong, but holla doesn't seem to be recorded in
dictionaries.

Benjamin Barrett