Please don't call it Cali (Los Angeles: teach, kids, accept)

[Mach50]

This thread shows how utterly smug some Californians can be. Who cares if people call it California or Cali or San Francisco or Frisco, NoCal or NorCal?

I was born here and I am going to start calling it Cali just to tick you "proper" weenies off.

[MisterDuke]

Originally Posted by krudmonk

He's from Yorkshire?

Yorkies. That's what hip Californians refer to people from New York as.

[nevergoingback]

Originally Posted by misscassandra

jeez louise people....next time i'll be sure to sing Dr Dre's 'California Love' to myself as we fly back into Cali. Better?

That song was by 2Pac featuring Dr. Dre, keep up.

[jc76]

Originally Posted by MisterDuke

Referring to California as 'Cali' is like calling someone 'Tommy' when their actual name is Thomas. Or saying 'Jeffy' when their name is Jeff. Or 'Dickie' instead of Richard. Have you ever known someone like that? They try to make themselves seem cooler than what they really are, like they are one of your friends. People who do that are very obnoxious.

It's California. Don't call it Cali and I won't refer to your state as 'Yorkie' or 'Minny' or ' Washy' or 'Texy'.

My name is Jacob, but I have gone by Jake since I was a baby. Jacob sounds too biblical and formal. I don't even answer to Jacob and have even thought of legally changing it to Jake. Nothing wrong with shortening your formal name, names are different than states imo.

[Cupcake77]

Originally Posted by MisterDuke

Yorkies. That's what hip Californians refer to people from New York as.

LOL.. yet they complain about when people say Cali vs California?

[MisterDuke]

Originally Posted by jc76

My name is Jacob, but I have gone by Jake since I was a baby. Jacob sounds too biblical and formal. I don't even answer to Jacob and have even thought of legally changing it to Jake. Nothing wrong with shortening your formal name, names are different than states imo.

That's because Jake is a badass name. How would you react if strangers started coming up to you and calling you 'Jakey'? I think that would be the equivalent of 'Cali'.

'Cali' is a term coined by an east coast rapper to disrespect and infantilize. Why *some* Californians are so enamored by the term is beyond me. I can understand why rubes and hillbillies think it will make them cool, but people who grew up here should know better. It's 'California'. It's six extra characters to type out. Not a big deal.

[Mach50]

Originally Posted by MisterDuke

That's because Jake is a badass name. How would you react if strangers started coming up to you and calling you 'Jakey'? I think that would be the equivalent of 'Cali'.

'Cali' is a term coined by an east coast rapper to disrespect and infantilize. Why *some* Californians are so enamored by the term is beyond me. I can understand why rubes and hillbillies think it will make them cool, but people who grew up here should know better. It's 'California'. It's six extra characters to type out. Not a big deal.

I am seeing a trend here, this is also the same reason people don't like "Frisco" because it is affiliated with rap music.
Is Cali too low class for you?

[Calix]

Originally Posted by MisterDuke

'Cali' is a term coined by an east coast rapper to disrespect and infantilize. Why *some* Californians are so enamored by the term is beyond me. I can understand why rubes and hillbillies think it will make them cool, but people who grew up here should know better. It's 'California'. It's six extra characters to type out. Not a big deal.

Bar none, one of the best responses and descriptions on this topic! It is a term of disrespect and meant to demean, it isn't cool.

[Winston Smith]

Originally Posted by Mach50

This thread shows how utterly smug some Californians can be. Who cares if people call it California or Cali or San Francisco or Frisco, NoCal or NorCal?

I was born here and I am going to start calling it Cali just to tick you "proper" weenies off.

Well, I could say the same in reverse: So what if some of us Californians object to the term "Cali"! Don't get your panties in a bunch just because some of us don't like the term. Who cares?

As for me, the term "Cali" grates on my nerves in the same way as "frisco", "d'ego", "Lampac" (Lompoc is pronounced "Lompoke") and "democrat party" do! I don't actually care too much if people use the terms, but it does grate on my nerves. I figure that those who say those things either don't know the proper noun, are trying too hard to be cool, or are making some statement (as in "democrat party").

In speech, the name of the state is "California". In written correspondence it's "CA" -- without a period (except at the end of a sentence). Persons significantly older than me might use "Calif." in writing, which I'll forgive since that was the standard at one time.

[Mach50]

Snobs, I'll leave it at that.