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OK, my pet peeve: TV characters that refer to east coast interstates with "the". Like "the 95". We don't DO that. -- nm

Posted by loosilu (aka loosilu2) May 24 '10, 15:29

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Not really, no. More likey to hear someone say, "You should take I-95." than "You should take the 95." I don't think I've ever heard the latter. -- nm - Krusty May 24, 15:33 2
- right? it sounds like an Italian mob boss from Jersey. So yeahs, you takes the 95 south to Boca Ratons. -- nm - CQ May 24, 15:35 1
  - I hear it as an incomplete sentence. I should take the 95, what? 95 bodies, 95 cupcakes, 95 what?!? -- nm - Krusty May 24, 15:36
I have never heard this ever. on tv or in person. -- nm - workmanda May 24, 15:31 5
- it's an LA thing, from what I've seen/heard. -- nm - kare May 24, 15:35 1
  - oh jeez. never mind. *read the entire thread Karen*. -- nm - kare May 24, 15:35
- I don't need something to actually *happen* in order to be annoyed by it. -- nm - loosi si May 24, 15:32 2
  - I thought this was actually her, and I was only surprised that she was saying it aloud. -- nm - workmanda May 24, 15:34
  - spawn? -- nm - loosilu May 24, 15:33
I only lived on the east coast for a few years... - Dr.Vermin May 24, 15:30 11
- I think because the state of traffic dominates the lives of most people in LA, where many of the shows are written, everyone here uses "the" 10, etc. -- nm - jnine May 24, 15:36
- not native east coasters. but i've never heard it done that way in any show that i've ever watched -- nm - sideways pixie May 24, 15:31 5
  - It's not super common but I have heard it many times. -- nm - loosilu May 24, 15:32 4
    - okay i'll bite. what shows? -- nm - sideways pixie May 24, 15:33 3
      - I think Fringe does this. - CovingtonCat May 24, 15:38
      - fwiw, I know I've heard it used; but I can't say soecifically where right now. - b. May 24, 15:35
      - do you think I keep spawn-like records? I know for sure I heard it on Xfiles. After that, no, I cannot name specific shows/episodes. -- nm - loosilu May 24, 15:34
- we sure as hell do not. Maybe West Coast transplants do. -- nm - loosilu May 24, 15:31 3
  - it's not common from native northern californians, either; but I've taken to using it some in a joking way, after there was a story about it some time - b. May 24, 15:33 2
    - did you hear about it on the teevee? -- nm - sideways pixie May 24, 15:34 1
      - heh. - b. May 24, 15:38

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