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Well, this is THE Bay Area, where we live in THE city, drive on THE 101, and eat in THE Chinatown.... wait... Funny enough, though, it wasn't until I moved her
by chaboud 11mo ago
Well, this is THE Bay Area, where we live in THE city, drive on THE 101, and eat in THE Chinatown.... wait...
Funny enough, though, it wasn't until I moved here 15+ years ago that it struck me how odd it is to call it "the Bay Area" and expect people to know what that means. Nonetheless, sportscasters do it. Musicians do it. All other bay areas are just areas around bays...
- ucarion 11mo agoEddie Izzard was joking in 1998 about the "The" and the prohibited names for The City (https://youtu.be/QRB_GhLXCds?si=R4kYkodzvYDxe33H&t=276 https://youtu.be/QRB_GhLXCds?si=R4kYkodzvYDxe33H&t=276), so it's probably been like this for many decades thence!
- slater 11mo ago> drive on THE 101 excuuuuuuse you? It's "drive on 101" in NorCal :P
- ternaryoperator 11mo agoin fact, use of the article before the highway number is a giveaway that the person is from elsewhere.
- stevage 11mo agolike "the tristate"
- jes5199 11mo agoride the BART