Whitefire818

isn't saying the before a freeway name normal though? I mean if people say take the 5, they are just shortening the phrase take the 5 freeway. Isn't that still normal? Or am is it just a by-product of me being born and raised in THE valley?

thejohnremus

no, I'm from the Bay Area... we say "take 280 to 680, to 880....


down here you guys all say take the 60 to the 10 to the 5..


then again... maybe you guys just need the extra syllable

Whitefire818

I guess we just like to hear ourselves talk

thejohnremus

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herrjr

Then it looks like you've only lived in CA as well. People in other states use the article too. And I've heard "wicked" mainly from people from the UK and Australia, while everyone says "you know." Unless Caroline Kennedy is a closet Minnesotan also lmao.

thejohnremus

If by only California you mean Florida, Michigan and Europe... then yes

I'm saying it's primarily here in socal on this side of the US. Out east I heard wicked mostly when traveling through new england area, you hear wicked out here mostly in Washington and parts of northern oregon


I'm not saying it's ONLY socal
And the youknow i'm talking about is a particular way they say it. I heard it all through Michigan, Illinois and Minnesota while traveling around that part of the midwest/north


The accents in the Carolinas are great though
NC girls by far my favorite

alexisthemovie

saying "the" before a freeway is proper terminology

herrjr

What part of MI and Europe? I don't know FL so I have no relevant experience there.

I haven't lived outside of CA on the west coast, but having had a girlfriend who was from OR and visiting that state extensively, I've noticed that they say 'the' when using a freeway number too. And asking for directions in WA (ok Seattle), they say 'the' as well. So I would declare that it would be more appropriate to say that not using 'the' when referring to a freeway number indicates you're from the Bay Area, as opposed to using 'the' means you're only from SoCal.

Haven't heard wicked used in OR or WA, but then again I'm only in those states once a year lately, and I haven't done much traveling on the eastern seaboard aside from NYC and DC.

I understand the 'you know' that you're referring to now, lol. It was heard in the movie Fargo as well.

Haven't been to NC (except for the airport in Raleigh), but I've been to TN, and I would state that the TN accent is better. But then again, I'm biased since I've known Knoxville girls, and Megan Fox happens to be from there too.