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In America, do you often use "What's the hell?'"
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The phrase is actually "what the hell" without the 's. It is a common phrase, but some people find "hell" too strong of a word, or it can be offensive if said to children or religious people. The inoffensive way to say this phrase is "what the heck". The two phrases are basically identical in use and meaning.
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@spacia you're welcome! Sometimes people also just say "oh hell" if something goes wrong, so saying "oh heck" is the mild form of that. You'd say it if you made an annoying mistake like if you spilled something or bumped into something.
The only time you don't use "heck" is if you're cursing someone on purpose. Saying "go to Hell" can be taken as a strong insult to some people, so there isn't a common mild form. Saying "go to heck" sounds very strange so it isn't used. In the last few years some younger people have been using "heck off" as a more polite way of swearing at someone (instead of f*ck off), but in general it's not a common phrase.
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