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Yes - we do not say that in Oregon. Right: "I drove out 26 to John Day to fill my elk tag". Wrong: "I drove down the 5 to that new Sushi-Yoga place". Here's
by davidw 9y ago
Yes - we do not say that in Oregon.
Right: "I drove out 26 to John Day to fill my elk tag".
Wrong: "I drove down the 5 to that new Sushi-Yoga place".
Here's an article that purports to explain why:
https://www.kcet.org/shows/lost-la/the-5-the-101-the-405-why-southern-californians-love-saying-the-before-freeway-numbers https://www.kcet.org/shows/lost-la/the-5-the-101-the-405-why...
And yes, it's definitely a Southern California/LA thing.
- diN0bot 9y agoi doesn't ask "why add _the_" far enough: "The freeway through the Cahuenga Pass thus became the Cahuenga Pass Freeway, and Angelenos knew the freeway to San Bernardino as the San Bernardino Freeway." i would have said "the freeway through Cahuenga Pass."