The land of fruits and nuts is super offensive, gays and crazies I presume is what is meant by that? Whatever, we’re happy to have our fruits and nuts… both the people and the produce.
The AM traffic reporters still use term “The Nimitz.” The rest of us just say “880.”
California is a huge agricultural state. Avocados, almonds and, of course, grapes.
LOL @ “land of fruits and nuts”!
“So which are you, a fruit or a nut?” 
Only in Cali could we get 175 posts in one day how annoying using Cali is.
All I can say is I would never use Cali. Ever. Everever.
Not even in a screen name.
And I’ve lived here all week!
@LuckyCharms913 Lots of my family has lived in Philly since Billy Penn was in shorts. They all use Philly. And Hun. And Ruf. All the time. South Philly. North Philly. Going to Philly. What airport? Philly? I’m not sure I’ve heard any of them actually use the entire word. I’m not sure they know it. Who you watching? Philly. The igs are getting killed. I think it’s only since the tiny row houses between Chinatown and Fishtown got yuppified into “Nothern Liberties” that Philly has become declasse.
Here’s an article I found a while back about why we use “the” before freeway numbers…
https://www.kcet.org/shows/lost-la/the-5-the-101-the-405-why-southern-californians-love-saying-the-before-freeway-numbers
You see it on the TripAdvisor California forum a lot. People are coming to visit “Cali” and they ask questions about “Frisco” and “San Fran.” They often get scolded by the California locals, sometimes gently, sometimes rudely.
OK, while we’re at it, don’t get me started on pronunciation, but geez, it’s not “Hah-nah-loo-loo”, it’s “Ho-no-loo-loo”. JUST like it’s spelled! Honolulu. At least learn how to pronounce ONE thing if you’re going to visit this state. We’ll forgive the rest, honest.
I’ve typed “cali” but say “California” , because I don’t like nicknames.
Georgia Tech is “tech” here in Atlanta. Which nobody calls “Hotlanta” unless you want to look stupid.
400, 85, 75, and 285 are our highways here, no “the”.
Pitbull has been referring to Miami as 305, and he calls himself “Mr. 305” for a while, so I think that’s where the idea originated.
“Noone” is right up there with “dinning” for misspelled words that aggravate me.
I spend half my time in south Jersey, and most people there either grew up in Philly, still live there but have a second home here, or maybe first gen Jersey but parents from Philly.
And they ALL say Philly. The radio stations use it, the papers use it–I never heard anyone before have a problem with it. Certainly not the baseball team.
However, not to morph the topic here, but PHILLY-delphians and surrounding areas–SE PA, S. Jersey, Delaware, some of Maryland-- have by far the oddest accent I’ve ever heard. Like Southern crossed with English. I’m starting to pick up the S. Jersey “O” when I talk now and it scares me!
Oh, cry me a river, people! Try being from Charleston, West Virginia. First of all, there are sophisticated, educated people in this world who do not fully understand that West Virginia and Virginia are separate states and have been since June 20, 1863. When I say I’m from West Virginia, I always get remarks like “Oh, I have cousins in Roanoke” or “I went to Richmond once.” Even more so when you’re from Charleston. You can’t just say you’re from Charleston if you are talking to people from OOS. You have to specify West Virginia. If you say you’re from Charleston, you immediately get “Oh, I love Folly Beach” or “Do you ever shop at the old market?” Even some of my relatives get confused.
Rant over. Thank you for letting me vent.
On the New York side of NYC technically White Plains, Yonkers, Rye, New Rochelle and Mount Vernon are all cities. But yes obviously THE City is NYC.
Charleston WV is our stop when we’re travelling with our dogs to SC. It’s a lovely city. I love coming around that curve s/b and seeing the city, especially when the sun is shining on the beautiful capitol building.
Garland, some pronunciation in a swath of Va (noticeable in Richmond,) up, and parts of Canada, does have something to do with English colonization. “Hoass,” instead of house. A linguist would need to explain it.
But I’m with LuckyCharms, “We don’t call it Philly!” Telling, that you hear it in NJ. I spent a lot of time in south and central “Jersey” and have privately insisted since my cousins and I were young.
About the OC; that bugs me more than Cali. Why do people say I live, work in OC instead of the name of the city?
Thanks, @alwaysamom. Charleston WV is beautiful if I do say so myself and I love living here. I also appreciate anyone who recognizes West Virginia as being something other than one gigantic abandoned coal mine.
When I say I’m going into “the city” I mean I’m going over the hill into Los Angeles, even though I also live in Los Angeles- the valley isn’t “the city”. People who live over the hill in “the city” think living in the valley is very sad.
Many people who live in Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx, and Staten Island (all parts of New York City) refer to Manhattan as “The City”
“The City,” as in Mecca, the destination. Emerald City. Not just another “downtown,” different than just referring to tall buildings and traffic congestion.
Though I know so many who feel Brooklyn equates.
Hahaha @sweetbeet (re post #167). On a family vacation to Hawaii years ago we were ordering pizza to be delivered to our rental house.
What’s the address?
123 Who-na (Hoona) Street
(Several beats of silence) Oh, you mean Hoe-oh-na Street.