As a native Californian, can you tell a lifelong Californian when out of state? (car, drive)

[radiolibre99]

Hmmm, I wonder what it says if people automatically think I am a native.....

[CA4Now]

Originally Posted by Glenview94602

Also I will maintain until I die that we Californians do not have accents.

Many would disagree.
//www.city-data.com/forum/calif...ia-accent.html

[Dport7674]

Originally Posted by Lovehound

One way you can tell if somebody isn't a native is if they call the state "Cali" (which is a city in the South American country of Columbia). You hardly ever hear people call our state Cali in California, but it's not unusual to hear uneducated people from outside the state using the incorrect name. It's like "The O.C." You don't hear that in Orange County.

Lol.. One way to tell if someone is a native of California is if they act pretentious about the use of the word Cali.

Whether or not the fact that those same people will use norcal and socal in a sentence means they're uneducated is tough to say.

[TheGoodUsernamesWereTaken]

Originally Posted by Dport7674

Lol.. One way to tell if someone is a native of California is if they act pretentious about the use of the word Cali.

Whether or not the fact that those same people will use norcal and socal in a sentence means they're uneducated is tough to say.

Saying stuff like Cali, norcal, and socal has nothing to do with being educated or not.

In fact, It always humors me when I hear such things, when I was in school, it was a very accepted notion that the emergence of things like txtspeak (texting language) and all forms of slang stimulate language and society in the same way being bilingual with accepted languages does, so it's always amusing to hear from people who argue otherwise.


An educated person knows when and where to use each. An uneducated person has no such library at their disposal.



Cali is an endearing nickname for California, it's no worse than calling new england new england, the south dixie, or whatever else might be a similar comparison. You don't have to like the term, or use it, but don't pretend you are better than someone who uses it freely.

[CA4Now]

Originally Posted by TheGoodUsernamesWereTaken

Cali is an endearing nickname for California, it's no worse than calling new england new england, the south dixie, or whatever else might be a similar comparison. You don't have to like the term, or use it, but don't pretend you are better than someone who uses it freely.

You must be new here.

//www.city-data.com/forum/calif...ome-wrong.html

[TheGoodUsernamesWereTaken]

Originally Posted by CA4Now

You must be new here.

//www.city-data.com/forum/calif...ome-wrong.html

Wel judging by my join date, I certainly am, lol.

I'll read that later this evening if my side piece cancels on me tonight. Without even reading it I know I will disagree but be amused, lol.


And, I just skimmed the linked thread and the threads linked in it, and all it is is quoting Urban Dictionary (Just lol @ "citing" Urban Dictionary) and petty petitions from posters with no real reasoning. Furthermore, just because one person, or two, or even one hundred don't want to hear a word, doesn't mean I won't still use it. Like I said earlier, I am a native and I've used Cali all my life, certainly won't cease to do so just because it rustles a few people on city-data.

[CA4Now]

Originally Posted by TheGoodUsernamesWereTaken

I'll read that later this evening if my side piece cancels on me tonight. Without even reading it I know I will disagree but be amused, lol.

I think there are about 6 threads about the use of the word "Cali" floating around on this forum somewhere.

[2sleepy]

Originally Posted by TheGoodUsernamesWereTaken

Cali is an endearing nickname for California, it's no worse than calling new england new england, the south dixie, or whatever else might be a similar comparison. You don't have to like the term, or use it, but don't pretend you are better than someone who uses it freely.

Maybe it's regional...but I'm 70 and have lived in Northern California most of my life and I've never heard any long term resident use the term "Cali".

[TheGoodUsernamesWereTaken]

Originally Posted by 2sleepy

Maybe it's regional...but I'm 70 and have lived in Northern California most of my life and I've never heard any long term resident use the term "Cali".

I was born and raised in SF and have used the term colloquially since middle school.

It's a non issue as far as i'm concerned, I take complaints about the usage of cali as seriously as I do the complaints about the oxford comma - not very.

[loveautumn]

It's like using the word "Frisco" meaning San Francisco. Just isn't done by locals. San Fran, Bay Area are used but not Frisco.