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02-23-2008, 07:51 AM
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As a former Californian, I wince at the above reference to my former state. Much like San Franciscans wince at the term "Frisco".
When did this start? Maybe I'm too sensitive. And why should it bother me when I now live in another place whose name is regularly mispronounced!
Anybody else from the Golden State feel this way?
<too early....need coffee>
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02-23-2008, 08:37 AM
|  | I'm a tumbler, born under punches | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Northern California | | | It doesn't bother me the way Frisco bothers San Franciscans but I do think it's dumb. I started hearing it in the early nineties, around the time Tupac was using it quite a bit. Whether he was the source or a reflection I can't tell you. |
02-23-2008, 09:02 AM
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02-23-2008, 09:06 AM
| | Banned | | Join Date: May 2005 Location: Inland Empire | | | I almost always refer to my home as Kalifornia, PRK or Land of Fruits and Nuts. |
02-23-2008, 09:52 AM
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Originally Posted by syciprider  I almost always refer to my home as Kalifornia, PRK or Land of Fruits and Nuts. | It always sounds better coming from a resident of the state than myself. 
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02-23-2008, 09:54 AM
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02-23-2008, 10:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Diggler It always sounds better coming from a prisoner of the state than myself. |
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02-23-2008, 11:27 AM
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Originally Posted by syciprider Fixed. | Feel free to leave - you're one more person clogging my highways.  |
02-23-2008, 11:45 AM
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Originally Posted by TheBigO Feel free to leave - you're one more person clogging my highways. | Heee, Heee! One of the reasons I left. No more East LA interchange. You should now be able to move ahead two car lengths...
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02-23-2008, 11:49 AM
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Originally Posted by TheBigO It doesn't bother me the way Frisco bothers San Franciscans but I do think it's dumb. I started hearing it in the early nineties, around the time Tupac was using it quite a bit. Whether he was the source or a reflection I can't tell you. | First time I remember hearing it is LL Cool J's "Goin' Back To Cali", probably late 1980s.
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02-23-2008, 11:50 AM
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Originally Posted by jmarcus2 Heee, Heee! One of the reasons I left. No more East LA interchange. You should now be able to move ahead two car lengths... | I like Southern California, but honestly I'm not sure if I could deal with the traffic on a regular basis. I already get more than my fill when I have to travel through the Bay Area. Central Valley traffic is relatively minor by comparison. |
02-23-2008, 11:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Vandelay First time I remember hearing it is LL Cool J's "Goin' Back To Cali", probably late 1980s. | Good call. So Tupac wasn't the first New York bred rapper to label it in song. |
02-23-2008, 12:09 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Middleton, ID | | After moving to the Bay Area from Vegas, I was told by a coworker that it's either San Fransisco or The City, never Frisco... But I couldn't help myself, and after referring to San Fransisco as "Frisco" three times, we were asked to leave the state.  |
02-23-2008, 12:10 PM
| | I'm a tumbler, born under punches | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Northern California | | | I refuse to refer to it as "The City". Usually I just say San Francisco or SF. |
02-23-2008, 12:26 PM
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Originally Posted by onemorebass After moving to the Bay Area from Vegas, I was told by a coworker that it's either San Fransisco or The City, never Frisco... But I couldn't help myself, and after referring to San Fransisco as "Frisco" three times, we were asked to leave the state. | While, spending some time in Oakland, I said it once... only once. 3x? Immediate license revocation.
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02-23-2008, 01:54 PM
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Originally Posted by TheBigO Feel free to leave - you're one more person clogging my highways. | Actually I vanpool. And prisoners can't just leave.
What we really need is for LA , SAC and SF (which account for 99% of KA's BS between them) to sink beneath the waves. |
02-23-2008, 02:12 PM
| | I'm a tumbler, born under punches | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Northern California | | | Ok, I'll bite - why are you a prisoner?
Oh, and living in wine country is a whole world away from the rest of California. I highly recommend it. |
02-23-2008, 03:08 PM
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02-23-2008, 03:49 PM
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Originally Posted by TheBigO Ok, I'll bite - why are you a prisoner?
Oh, and living in wine country is a whole world away from the rest of California. I highly recommend it. |
psh.. lucky. I live in the Ontario area (San Bernadino County). This place sucks
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02-23-2008, 03:50 PM
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Originally Posted by jsbass KALIFONYEHHH
</arnold> | yeah, I always laugh when I see those California commercials. "Come to Kaleefonyea"
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