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However I do need to say that removing “the” from in front of the freeway number is a Southern California thing. Until they started migrating up this way. [emoji38]
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...fornia-stereotype-11438280.php#photo-10173916
I lived in LA for around 21 years, and never removed the word "the" from in front of the freeway number. Neither did any of the LA natives I knew. They would say things like, "You take the 405 North to the 10 East to the 110 North." Were they supposed to say, "You take 405 North to 10 East to 110 North?" I don't get it. I never heard that the whole time I was there. I seem to remember we've had this conversation before in another thread, so I must have forgotten what the upshot of that discussion was.
Either way, the whole idea of saying things a certain way in order to prove you are a "real" Californian/San Franciscan/Los Angeleno etc. etc. seems rather silly to me, and somewhat tribal. It's a bit like the arguments between so-called New Yorkers and Los Angelenos (or San Franciscans) as to which city is better. I think it's all a bit daft and unnecessary, but I suppose it's like supporting your favorite sports team. Your team is the best, and everyone else sucks. My perspective is that everywhere has something to offer. Each place is different.
I have never called San Francisco "Frisco", and the native San Franciscans I know don't call it that either. I have heard of some natives who do call it that though - perhaps just to be frivolous, or because well, why shouldn't they call it that if they want to? If you were born in a place and have lived there your whole life, you can call it whatever you want, because you have nothing to prove. Come to think of it, I grew up in a small village in England, and have lived in several places that I wasn't from, but I have nothing to prove either. I have never felt the need to prove that I was a "real" citizen of the place I lived in. I'm just Tom, and I like it here.
I'm not trying to be argumentative but, for some reason, this subject irks me.
PS - regarding the screenshot. The first time I saw the sign for Duboce, I was on the phone with a friend (a Bay Area native) and told her where I was. "I'm at Church and Doo-bo-chay!" I said. She had no idea what I was talking about!