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California / Cali

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OK. I’ve lived in Southern California my entire life and I have never referred to California as Cali. I’m seeing people refer to California as Cali. What’s up with that? And, I lived in Orange County for half of my life and I don’t see why people want to refer to it as “the OC”. It doesn’t take more to say “Orange County” than it does to say “the OC”. Just an observation and it bugs me a bit. Cheers! 
 
We don't say Cali in northern California either, or NoCal which induces cringes too. Out of staters mostly I suppose. We don't put "the" in front of highway numbers like they do in southern California either. Lots of locals get upset hearing Frisco as well, but it's kinda funny to say it once in awhile.
 
I'm the same as you, living here my entire life and in Orange County since the '60s. I guess it's just following the trend of abbreviating so many things. Once in a while, I might say "So Cal" but that's about it and not Cali or the OC.
 
vikingsholm said:
We don't say Cali in northern California either, or NoCal which induces cringes too. Out of staters mostly I suppose. We don't put "the" in front of highway numbers like they do in southern California either. Lots of locals get upset hearing Frisco as well, but it's kinda funny to say it once in awhile.
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Hmm, I didn't realize that about the highway/freeway numbers. Yep, I always use "the" in front of the numbers. Interesting.
 
I think it's the younger crowd and those from out of the state that started the Cali thing and I think it's a fairly recent thing.

Living in LA, I call your neck of the woods "the OC". But of course never call San Diego the "SD"! :D

As far as I know, most Californian's don't refer to Northern California as NorCal, but SoCal is commonly used in "the Southland"! :)

But I'd never call San Francisco, Frisco and yes, we drive on "the" 110, or "the" 5, or "the" 405 etc! ;)
 
Noooo. No Cali! Only those out of state call it Cali. Although, I did give the Kauai PD a pass when they called us Cali's, when were in an accident on Kauai.

That said, when were planning our trip to NYC years ago, I was looking at maps and told my friend who lives there that such and such was on Avenue of the Americas, she politely said no one calls it that....it's 6th Avenue.

Stand proud for your hometown!
 
ricoba said:
Fun link! :)



And yes, I am proud to say, our area code is 310! ;) I'd never want to be from 818 or even worse, 909!:eek: But 714, wouldn't be too bad :D
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Watch it. I've got both 310 and 818 numbers...and used to have 213 back when there was no choice... I didn't want 818 at first, but it's finally become acceptable, even among my 310 friends. ;) (I agree with you on 909...that's like almost out of state...).

As for the 405 or the 101, I just love others trying to find their way around LA and dealing with the traffic at the same time. Occasionally it's kinda humorous, too.
 
"Cali" grates on my nerves like nothing else. My kids told me that it started with the song "Back to Cali" from Notorious B.I.G. Ugh. Just stop!

~Katherine, from 858, located between the 5 and the 15. ;-)
 
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I believe this started from that show Beverly Hills on TV. I know we lived in Los Altos for awhile and anytime we mentioned this people would add Hills to it. Lots of our mail came addressed that way and the zip code was the same for both. We actually had a county address, not City of Los Altos.
For those that don't know Los Altos Hills homes can be several millions and lots of Silicon Valley elite (wealthy) live there. It was always said with a snotty attitude. I always said Los Altos next to Cupertino.
 
No Cali.
No Frisco.

Born and raised in southern California and lived my last 30+ years in the state in the San Francisco Bay area. You can always tell the non-natives and tourists. :rolleyes:
 
Sigh...I grew up in the 909...but to be fair it was 714 long before it was ever 909. I think I moved out before the switch.

I now reside in 760 which was previously 619. How the desert can share an area code with Carlsbad...I'll never quite understand. But there it is.
 
Stressy said:
Sigh...I grew up in the 909...but to be fair it was 714 long before it was ever 909. I think I moved out before the switch.

I now reside in 760 which was previously 619. How the desert can share an area code with Carlsbad...I'll never quite understand. But there it is.
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Ha! When I first moved to Carlsbad (from 213, 310 had not been invented yet), San Diego county was 714 along with Orange County.

Then it became 619 and SD county had it's own. Now of course, we are 760. There was a move for a while to split off from the desert and become 442 I believe. The locals resisted. That would have made it four area codes without even moving.

I don't know any Californians that call it Cali.

The OC got started by a TV show of the same name. The OC can mean a lot of things since Orange County has no center. There is a big difference between Laguna Beach and Westminster though.
 
Frisco just to pi** them off

Never "Cali". We just use "Bay Area", "South Bay Area" or more specific "Evergreen"

...Mark
 
KauaiMark said:
Never "Cali". We just use "Bay Area", "South Bay Area" or more specific "Evergreen"

...Mark
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We were in the East Bay, and yes, it was just the "Bay Area". However, for people out of state we needed to be more specific.....therefore San Francisco Bay Area. :D
 
Cali just grates on me, and I don't even live in the state any more.

As for area codes, when I was young, there was only one in the southern part of the state, 213. Now there are a zillion of them.

When I moved to the Northern California, I lived in San Francisco for about a year and a half. My area code was 415. I then moved to the tullies (aka the sticks, Eastern Contra Costa, and my area code was *still* 415. After awhile it became 510, and still later 925. My "base phone number" never changed.

I remember two things about freeways and driving. First, we used to call freeways by their name, not their number. I still do that when I am in California, it is a habit. You know, like Harbor Freeway, Artesia Freeway, Pomona Freeway, San Diego Freeway, Santa Ana Freeway, etc. Does anybody else do it? The second thing, is I always said how far away things were by the amount of time it took to get there, not how far it was in distance.

As far as freeway names, and former names, you still hear that a lot in Las Vegas. People never, ever refer to I-515 unless they are newbies or out of towners. It is still referred to as The 93, as it always has been. Even the Department of Transportation still includes The 93 and 95 on their signage going through The Spaghetti Bowl (the downtown interchange, so named because of its design).

Then there's The Beltway in Las Vegas and Henderson. It isn't a complete beltway, but maybe someday...there isn't much of it missing now. But the weird thing is sometimes a reporter will report an accident or past incident as "The Beltway and Decatur, or The Beltway and Jones." That is very non-specific, since both locations occur *twice* on The Beltway, once on the Northern Beltway and once on the Southern Beltway. The beltway's formal name is I-215.

More weird things here...due to the soil composition here, when they build a freeway bridge, they build the bridge FIRST, then dig out the middle. I thought that was very strange the first time I saw that.

Fern
 
Fern Modena said:
Cali just grates on me, and I don't even live in the state any more.

As for area codes, when I was young, there was only one in the southern part of the state, 213. Now there are a zillion of them.

When I moved to the Northern California, I lived in San Francisco for about a year and a half. My area code was 415. I then moved to the tullies (aka the sticks, Eastern Contra Costa, and my area code was *still* 415. After awhile it became 510, and still later 925. My "base phone number" never changed.

I remember two things about freeways and driving. First, we used to call freeways by their name, not their number. I still do that when I am in California, it is a habit. You know, like Harbor Freeway, Artesia Freeway, Pomona Freeway, San Diego Freeway, Santa Ana Freeway, etc. Does anybody else do it? The second thing, is I always said how far away things were by the amount of time it took to get there, not how far it was in distance.

Fern
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Yes, yes, yes to all of this! The part I especially relate to is giving the time it took to get somewhere vs the distance. :D
 
Luanne said:
We were in the East Bay, and yes, it was just the "Bay Area". However, for people out of state we needed to be more specific.....therefore San Francisco Bay Area. :D
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and Frisco Bay Area just doesn't sound right... :p

I call SF - 'The City', but I grew up there... {West-side!}

but now I live in the San Francisco Bay Area...

btw - my overuse of '...' comes from reading Herb Caen as a kid. ;)

NorCal rocks!!! {NoCal - never heard that...}
SoCal s_cks!!!

see... it just rolls off the tongue
:D
 
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"Frisco" is a city in Texas.

Few San Franciscans have heard of it unless it was mentioned by a confused tourist.
 
DavidnRobin said:
I call SF - 'The City', but I grew up there... {West-side!}
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And when we lived in the East Bay we called it "The City" also. And in...we're going into "The City". :D
 
I lived in San Diego for 10 years, and only used "The" in front of freeway numbers when referring to the greater LA area. The 10, The 405, and such. But I-5 was, and still is, I-5 to me. I never said "The 5." I have no idea why, other than it just didn't sound right to me. My brother lives in San Diego, and he uses "The" in front of ALL freeway and highway numbers. Go figure...

It was never Cali. That word is stupid. That would be like me saying I live in Wash. Or Washi. Or Washing. Just lame.

San Francisco was, and is, San Francisco. "Frisco" sounds kind of cheap to me, and that city deserves as much respect as it can get. Las Vegas, on the other hand, thrives on being called Vegas. Nobody seems to notice or care.

And while you're discussing this type of thing, how do you refer to being in Hawaii? Are you IN or ON an island? Will you be IN Oahu, or ON Oahu?

For me, I'm IN the state, but ON an island. I will say I'm IN Hawaii, but ON Kauai. Just as many people I know of say they're IN Kauai. How do you say it?

:shrug:

Dave
 
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