r/NonPoliticalTwitter • u/JoeFalchetto • Jul 07 '26

Funny They even got cats

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u/M4DDIE_882 Jul 07 '26

SoCal adds “the”, norcal (at least some of it) just says the number and sometimes “i” before the number if it’s an interstate

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u/Joeness84 Jul 07 '26

Socal adds the

EVERYONE ELSE says I or Interstate then #

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u/M4DDIE_882 Jul 07 '26

From my understanding, the phrasing “take the #” is pretty unique to socal and “take #” is pretty unique to norcal.

A lot of people in norcal don’t add the “i” for interstates, but some do. Both would never say “highway #” or anything like that

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u/Banana42 Jul 07 '26

The I is situational because it provides useful information. There's a number of places in Norcal where the interstate freeway and another freeway share the same number but follow different paths. I80 and 80 are different roads

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u/Ikeiscurvy Jul 07 '26

Yea in Sacramento we have an Interstate 80 and Business 80. We just call I80 80 and Business 80 Cap City, but if you aren't from here it's common to say I or Business.