heck's becks?

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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Hello,
What does “heck’s becks” mean? Here is the context:"Heck’s beck Emily, you’re a bit twitchy tonight, aren’t you? "
Thank you very much!
Jung

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I guess it’s a euphemism for ‘hell’, similar to ‘heck’.[YSaerTTEW443543]

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There is a common expression in the US, “Hells bells!” It is used to mean something like, “wow”. I would guess “Hecks beck” is a play on this.

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I would say Torsten’s guess hit the mark in a pinpoint manner. According to my dictionary, heck is an alteration of hell.

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And I beg to differ at the comment on its similarity to “wow”. They are quite different in usage and characteristic: the former shows anger whereas the latter pleasure.

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Are you talking about the singular words or the expression “Hell’s bells” (yes I typed it incorrectly the first time)?

I was explaining the expression “Hell’s bells” and its similarity to “heck’s becks”. Dictionary.com has this entry for “Hell’s bells”;

So it would seem to me that “Heck’s becks” is a way to say “Hell’s bells” without using the word hell.

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My disagreement was to the above comment.

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Well, feel free to disagree, but that is the meaning of the expression in the midwest of the US.