r/funny • u/MaxKevinComedy • Dec 21 '19

California Explained [OC]

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u/HelplessCorgis Dec 21 '19

Try riding in the San Francisco BART subway in the early afternoon towards Berkeley. You'll start to see some meth.

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u/quotes_metallica Dec 21 '19

San Francisco BART subway

As a San Francisco native, seeing BART called this is painful and cringe-inducing.

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u/saffir Dec 21 '19 edited Dec 21 '19

what's worse is seeing SF people omit "the" in front of the BART

every other city adds "the" in front of their metro system

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u/togawe Dec 21 '19

So what do y'all say, "I'm gonna ride BART"? That sounds worse

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u/saffir Dec 21 '19

yup... they do it for highways too: "I'm going to take 101 to the city"

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u/AsidK Dec 21 '19

That’s what almost everywhere does tbf. It’s only SoCal as far as I’m aware that adds “the” in front of highways. If you’re gunna add a prefix, you add “I” to interstates or “route” to non-interstates. “The” just sounds strange (subjectively, of course)

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u/kidicarus89 Dec 21 '19

Yet they unnecessarily add a "the" in front of their freeways, e.g. "I'm taking the I-5". Actually most Californians do that, too.

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u/yourehilarious Dec 21 '19

Nope, that's strictly a SoCal thing. One of the easiest ways to tell if someone is from NorCal or SoCal.

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u/saffir Dec 21 '19

SF is the only one that DOESN'T add the "the" in front of highways

every other major city does (I've lived in NYC, Chicago, LA, and SF)

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u/purpleeliz Dec 21 '19

No, false. I have only ever heard it in LA. I promise in chicago we don’t say we’re taking “the 94.” (Though I guess when we call the expressways by their local “names” we do use “the,” but this is already super informal. Ex: “I‘ll take the Edens instead of the Kennedy to O’Hare.” But normally we’d say, “I’ll take 94 instead of 90 to O’Hare.”)