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Old 08-17-2011, 04:23 PM
VandalSquirrel VandalSquirrel is offline
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Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB View Post
This is how we spot Californians up here in Seattle. The Natives do NOT put a "the" in front of 405, I-5, etc. It's funny, because I don't use "the" when referring to those freeways up here, but when I go down to L.A. or am referring to the freeways - the SAME freeways - in L.A., I suddenly say "the 405."
Southern Californians prefix with "the" we don't do that where I'm from, which is definitely Northern California.
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