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Originally Posted by morphius
Had a co-worker that used to say stuff like, "I went to the Walmart", but if I remember correctly he was raised East Coast, but spent a lot of time in Texas before moving to the KC area. I think adding "the" to things might be the only irrational language pet peeve I have.
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But in regards to the roads out here, no one is going to say their official names because too much verbiage.
"California State Route 60" or "US Highway 101" or "The Pacific Coast Highway", is just too long, especially when there are 50+ such roadways in SoCal.