[von949]

Originally Posted by lvoc

As an old resident thereof there are two explanations for "The Bronx"

One is it a contraction of The Bronx Addition where Bronx refers to the Bronx River. The Bronx was added to NYC in the early 20th century in a couple of pieces.

The other is that it refers to the Bronck family farms...Bronx is actually the Dutch possessive of Bronck.

I have been hearing "The Bronx" so long from my native NY friends that just plain ole Bronx doesn't sound right.


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[LinkFromSoCal]

I'm from SoCal. I take the 15 down to the 91, to the 55, to the 405 to visit friends back in my old home town.

[cre8lite]

Then one can assume it was a bunch of Californian's that came up with the name of THE Hotel ?

[ScoopLV]

Originally Posted by cre8lite

Then one can assume it was a bunch of Californian's that came up with the name of THE Hotel ?

If they did, it would be covered in ranch dressing.

[Fastrudy]

It is the "one-fiver".

[PinkString]

I lived in California for 26 years but I say I-15. When giving someone directions usually. Although sometimes only when I am talking to my husband, I will say "the 15" but rarely.
I hate it when people say I-95 when it's US95. I think that's a back east thing though, not a California thing.

[dynimagelv]

I=95 is the easternmost of the interstate highways...runs from Maine to Florida

[ScoopLV]

Originally Posted by dynimagelv

I=95 is the easternmost of the interstate highways...runs from Maine to Florida

I have driven the length of I-95 so many goddamn times, I could likely do it blindfolded. I'd even stop in Dillon at South of the Border to stretch my legs and buy a sombrero.


Here's my favorite song about I-95.


The ******* Song By Jimmy Buffett - YouTube

[SoCalCpl2]

Originally Posted by ScoopLV

Sorry to burst your bubble, but the "The 'Bu" people were natives. I have several good friends in San Diego. They moved out to Florida for awhile, and moved back. I visit them occasionally.

I recently flew to New Mexico to buy a car. The guy I bought the car from opened his mouth and I instantly knew he was originally from Southern California. Just like Fargo has a dialect, Boston has a dialect, and the South has a dialect, Southern California has a dialect all it's own.

And to my ears, y'all sound like a bunch of burnt-out surfers. "It's casual, we're going to motor up The Five to The Ten to The One and do lunch in The 'Bu."

Well I have lived in Southern California for a while and have NEVER heard it called the Bu...

Course if they were from San Diego, that is probably why they tallked that way... NOBODY in the LA area calls it the Bu..

And I would say what you sound like but there are ladies that read this....

[ScoopLV]

Originally Posted by SoCalCpl2

Well I have lived in Southern California for a while and have NEVER heard it called the Bu...

Course if they were from San Diego, that is probably why they tallked that way... NOBODY in the LA area calls it the Bu..

And I would say what you sound like but there are ladies that read this....

San Diego is no longer considered "SoCal?" Southern Californians talk with an accent. A "Big Lebowski" accent. Sure, there are lots of people who don't sound like "The Dude Abides." Just like there are lots of people in the South who don't sound like they're talking with a mouthful of Skol.

But if I hear someone talking about the "wicked time" they recently had, I know they're from New England. If they're getting some cawfie, no big whoop, then it's New York. And if they have "new dewt aboot it, eh" I know they're from Canada. And if they "like totally need to drive up The 15 to buy ranch dressing," well, SoCal it is.

I don't see any reason to chafe about it. Various regions have various regional dialects. Spend some time in England, it's easy to tell where someone is from. Same goes for Germany. The Berliners speak differently than the Bavarians. And I can barely understand the Austrians. It's almost a different language.