The Term "Cali" for California-Natives Opinion (money, lowest)

[Tulemutt]

Originally Posted by sacite

" perniciuos vacuous " (I'll have to look both of those words up)

Really? Wouldn't you be better off looking them up (and proof reading) before ridiculing them?
Just asking. Carry on.

[nslander]

Originally Posted by tcave360

How does it sound "weird"? I'm not native to Cali nor do I live there, but I honestly don't see what the big deal is over the nickname with some people

How's life back in Maray?

[nslander]

Originally Posted by sdthsrtu

I agree. I'll deliberately start using the term "Cali" now more since I know it irritates California natives.

Then do everybody a favor and add it to your collection of neck tatoos.

[nslander]

Originally Posted by sacite

Why do you care?? What's the bigger issue. No one gets riled up about urban slang to this extent. So it's a lame word. Point conceded. I don't use it. I just could care less if someone else does. Cause that's what we do in California - we live and let live.

I'll tell you why I responded. As I stated, to bash someone for using a word to describe our state is to be exclusionary. That's not what this state is about. It accepts any and all people. And it's not "your" state. You don't have that sort of status here. In fact, no one does.

THAT is why the topic bothers me. It's not about the word. It's about some goober trying to claim the state and tell other people how to refer to it. OK president Reagan, I am sure your contrubutions here have earned that right. At least I have a logical reason for my opinion, grounded in some sort of thought process.

The question is, why does the word bother YOU?? Other than because it sounds dumb.

What is the question posed in the title of this thead? You are simply having difficulty processing the resounding answer.

[bigdumbgod]

Originally Posted by sacite

Lol! Maybe it is all that, but so are plenty of other words used by kids. The funny thing is watching adults get all riled up by it, as if it some sort of assault to their native herritage. Half of you probably don't even live here or worse yet, whine endlessly about our taxes, the traffic, the water shortage, the road work and the government. Your native style sucks in my opinion.

Be thankful for the kids and their perniciuos vacuous blather (I'll have to look both of those words up). They are the ones spending all of the money to keep the economy affloat. And that's a well established economic principle, both in terms of the spending habits of those make next to nothing and the age demographic of those who spend the most. So let the poor kids who are making everyone else rich call this state whatever they want to.

And BTW, the whole "Cali is a city in South America" or wherver the hell it is is a lame response. Emits a pungant smell of someone trying to sound both educated and wordly. Somewhere someone in the city of Cali is reading this and calling you guys idiots right now.

If our "native style sucks"...then why are you so motivated to write novels in our forum?

[MarciaMarshaMarcia]

Dear Sacite:

Please invest in:

1. Dictionary

2. Encyclopedia

3. Some form of spell-check.

Use all 3 before further discussion of native Californians' feelings about use of the term "Cali", which was the original post.

Very truly yours,

A Native Californian

[GoldCountry80]

Originally Posted by MaxLMG

I agree. I'll deliberately start using the term "Cali" now more since I know it irritates California natives.

Hella irritates me so its a 2 way street.

[sacite]

Originally Posted by CDJudge

There's nothing wrong with having common traits. If you use Cali, that means you're from out of state. Be proud of it, as we're proud we're not. Tupac was from New York. anyways, it's a dead giveaway. Oh well. Enjoy being from somewhere else.

I use Cali at times and I was born and raised here. Never heard this logic in my life, honestly.

[Sydney123]

Originally Posted by MaxLMG

I own two .45 and a 12 gauge. They can feel free to correct me any time they would like.

Woooo! Another keyboard ninja!

[Davebd1985]

Cali is the gold standard, considering I spent most of my time there in the bay area we where baylyfe but cali is hella cool for a nickname, don't know why all the hate.