On Apr 20, 9:32 pm, Chris L Peterson wrote:


In California you drive to work on "the" 405 (even though you don't live
on "the" Elm Street); here in Colorado if I say I'll drive "the" 25,
people say I'm from California.


Southern California.

People up (the) Bay Area way don't say 'I saw a crash on THE 101",
they use the numbers like they should be used: The Highway is called
Highway 101.

Its not Highway THE 101.

Those in SoCal who use 'the' in front of the freeway's name sound like
corrupted Easterners who migrated West.

Lastley:

Alien: Where do you live?

Human: I live on THE Earth.
Human II: I live on Earth.

Both are correct.

TBerk
don't forget, Brits go to 'Hospital' and 'University'. No _the_ about
it...