Re: Northern/Southern Cal linguistic split

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From: Joe Keane
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 1994 06:59

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I'd say the usage in the Bay Area is to say just the route number, if it's
long.  That is, I-880 is just `eight-eighty' and US-101 is `one-oh-one'.  But
if the number is short, people put something before it.  For example, SR-1 is
`root one' or `highway one', and I-5 is usually `eye five'.

Actually this seems to be what most of the country does; i've only heard
southern Californians use an article with the route number.  Once i was asked
how to get to `the eight-eighty' and i figured the guy was from down south.

--
Joe Keane, amateur linguist
jgk@netcom.com

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From: jgk@netcom.com (Joe Keane)
Subject: Re: Northern/Southern Cal linguistic split
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Summary: Just the number if it's long.
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