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0 pointsquesera2y ago0 comments

> Californians, for example, don’t use the plural contraction. You have to say “there’s many options” instead of “there are many options”. Otherwise you sound like a weirdo.

Don't extrapolate too far from a small sample. I don't think anyone would recognize you as a non-Californian just for saying "there are".

Now, if you refer to highways US-101 or I-5 as anything other than "The 101" or "The 5", then you're clearly not from here!

Wikipedia does not back me up on this, however. Apparently the "The" names are SoCal-indicative. This has not been my experience here in NorCal.

FWIW, I learned the meaning of "based" once, but I found the explanation dissatisfying and promptly forgot it. :)

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Swizec2y ago

> Now, if you refer to highways US-101 or I-5 as anything other than "The 101" or "The 5", then you're clearly not from here!

Ah see here's where it gets interesting! Up here in SF, 101 and 5 are names. You say "On 101". It's the weirdos down there in LA who say "On the 101" :)

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Swizec2y ago

> Now, if you refer to highways US-101 or I-5 as anything other than "The 101" or "The 5", then you're clearly not from here!

Ah see here's where it gets interesting! Up here in SF, 101 and 5 are names. You say "On 101". It's the weirdos down there in LA who say "On the 101" :)

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