"RTP" or "The RTP" — discuss! (Smithfield: restaurant, authority)
Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, CaryThe Triangle Area
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You people hating on the Californians should know that "the" is a Southern California thing (LA). We don't do that in northern California (San Francisco).
Why does it sound ridiculous? UNC-Chapel Hill is a very different school from UNC-Charlotte or UNC-Pembroke. Seems to me it's necessary to say it that way. What would you suggest?
If I try to explain this with it's probably not going to make sense. If you go back and reread the post I was commenting on it might make more sense as to what I was saying.
Saying UNC-Chapel Hill as apposed to just Chapel Hill is totally fine... It's just a personal opinion of mine.
If I try to explain this with it's probably not going to make sense. If you go back and reread the post I was commenting on it might make more sense as to what I was saying.
Saying UNC-Chapel Hill as apposed to just Chapel Hill is totally fine... It's just a personal opinion of mine.
But Chapel Hill is the town, not the school. So how would people know what you mean?
I’ve honestly never heard anyone say “the rtp” and I work there...
On the flip side I grew up in Raleigh and thought Falls of Neuse rd was Falls of the Neuse rd until about ten years ago. I’ll still call it that sometimes by accident.
I’ve honestly never heard anyone say “the rtp” and I work there...
On the flip side I grew up in Raleigh and thought Falls of Neuse rd was Falls of the Neuse rd until about ten years ago. I’ll still call it that sometimes by accident.
A lot of locals still call it Falls of the Neuse Road and always will.
I was commenting on just calling the school Chapel Hill w/o the UNC part. That's what I was saying was ridiculous.
AND I was saying that if you didn't grow up in North Carolina (and I am just guessing that you didn't from your user name, but I could be wrong on that) then you might not be familiar with that usage, but that is a very common old time North Carolina thing to say. AND if you don't like it, I don't care. I'm just giving an accurate account of local idioms and dialect. That's what people say and have said for, heck, probably hundreds of years. MY memory doesn't stretch back that far, but I certainly remember older folks when I was young saying it that way.
I don't think I'd say that how waitresses in restaurants in Baltimore often call their customers "Hon" is ridiculous, but I don't usually make comments like that about the local vernacular even if it sounds strange to my ears.
On the flip side I grew up in Raleigh and thought Falls of Neuse rd was Falls of the Neuse rd until about ten years ago. I’ll still call it that sometimes by accident.
Your memory is correct, it's "Falls of The Neuse". I think the DOT got lazy and ran out of room and dropped the THE about 10 yrs ago.
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