Bob Schroeck wrote:
Sebastian Palm wrote:
I entered the house in a decidedly bad humor, one that wasn't
helped by the fact that I discovered Urd and Belldandy BOTH
comatose on the floor. "What the hoeck happened here?!"
hoeck => heck
I figure this is a speech pattern thingy - personalized swear words
aren't that uncommon, and this is a self-insert...
In addition, in OMB at least, the deities are forbidden from using
true oaths and foul language, even terms as mild as "heck". Paradox
uses all manner of odd terms to get around that including, among
other things, "fnord".
...which, last I think I remember hearing, is itself a sacred term in
Discordianism. So he's not entirely off the hook even there. <grin>
And "hoeck" itself is a reference to deranged chihuahua Ren Hoeck of
"Ren and Stimpy".
I figured as much, except that as far as I know that's spelled "Hoek".