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Who is this "we"? We don't refer to highways with the definite article around here.
by dnr 13y ago
Who is this "we"? We don't refer to highways with the definite article around here.
- cgtyoder 13y agoIt's a California thing.
- geofft 13y agoThe joke is that it's a SoCal thing to use the definite article, or so I hear -- although I moved to SF sometime back, never lived in SoCal, and find myself saying "the 101".
- dave5104 13y agoI call them the 101 and the 280 as well--and I never lived in SoCal. I think more people do it up here than they'd like to admit. :P
- ilyanep 13y agoI could never understand why people cared <_<
- stevewilhelm 13y agoUsing 'the' to refer to a freeway is a dead give away you are not a native as is "San Fran" or "Frisco". However, "the city" and "the bay" are perfectly acceptable.