Edgewood wrote:Luciano136 wrote:Day Hiker wrote:Why do all California highways start with "The"?
I know! The funniest thing; I have never heard that before in other states. I do the same thing now though...
Thats a southern CA thing. Here in northern CA we talk normal.
Here is one theory, based on the idea that it's a holdover from named freeways: "the Golden State Freeway," etc.
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2008_07/014178.php
In the northeast people say I-95, I-93, etc, but they mostly don't say the I- prefix in Norcal, if I recall correctly. It's just a regionalism, like pop/soda/Coke.