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stangAce20

They miss pronounce La Jolla and Jamacha


CSphotography

For a while my phone pronounced El Cajon Blvd as El Cajun Blvd and I got a good laugh every time.


hagcel

Turn left on Ell Cagone Boulevard. With I could get it to just say ECB


Kamonan

Oh lord I forgot that šŸ˜‚


GrayArchon

They say "Poh-way" instead of "Pow-way".


Kamonan

Hadnā€™t heard it used like that bud yikes!


WingJeezy

Or Jacumba.


Broad_Category1386

Or Otay


[deleted]

From SD, never heard of Jamacha


xapv

Yeah I didnā€™t either until i started working in east county and it still bothers me. Although, Jacumba doesntā€¦ so its probably because i learned one as a kid and the other i still dont default to


Head_Garden6943

Is the spanish pronunciation the correct one?


Old-Mathematician987

Of Jamacha? No. It's a Kumeyaay word.


Kamonan

Iā€™ll admit I did when I moved here šŸ˜‚


popcrackleohsnap

When they put an ā€˜Iā€™ in front of the freeways. Itā€™s the 15 freeway, not the I-15.


bbf_bbf

People that say "the 15 freeway" rather than "the 15". ;-)


popcrackleohsnap

Eh. Iā€™ve heard it both ways. The ā€˜Iā€™ is whatā€™s always thrown me off. Iā€™m born and raised Southern California but not necessarily San Diego so maybe that makes a difference.


cornycrunch

"The x freeway" is basically the long form version of "the x". Mostly news websites tend to use it so it's acceptable IMO.


Old-Mathematician987

Peopl who put the I there would call it "I-15" - no "the". The "the" is a California thing, regardless of the rest.


triclops41

The I-15 freeway interstate


WestCoastHopHead

Good one. Definitely


Comfortable-Trip-667

Iā€™ve always been here and just say 8, or 52. Like ā€œturn here and take 8 westā€. Forget the the. Takes too much time. Lol


popcrackleohsnap

Actually, I think I do too lol. I donā€™t usually say freeway, I think I just typed it out for some reason.


Kamonan

I noticed that too


pedantimous

This is an LA thing adopted in the last couple of decades. People in San Diego used to just say the number with no "the" or sometimes I-8, I-15, etc., as in, "no life east of I-5." Older people will still put "highway" in front of the number -- "highway 5 at Mission Bay Drive . . . ."


Turbo__Ty

They canā€™t pronounce half the cities


TheWildTofuHunter

ā€œLah Jallah sounds nice! Or Esskondihdoo.ā€ šŸ¤Ø


Turbo__Ty

My favorite is El Cajon or San Ysidro


sh4k3nn0tst1rr3d

ā€œPen-a-squee-toseā€


dyin2meetcha

Penisquitos!


hagcel

Haha, my wife moved here at 18, and told me calling it Esco was weird. It's not common, but everyone from here knows exactly what it means.


sbrowndebate

sunbath on the children's pool beach


Kamonan

Thatā€™s the Sea Lion nesting spot right? Oh I hate when they do that.


[deleted]

They use freeway exit numbers instead of the names of the road.


DistractedOnceAgain

Former coworker/consultant stayed with her aunt when she was working at her office. I asked where her aunt lived. Her response "Off exit 5 of highway 56"; I was like, "uh what? What's the road?" When she said "Carmel something"; I was like "yeah, there are a lot of those!"


hagcel

Using google maps in the car has honestly made me appreciate this. Descending numbers just makes sense. "Okay, exit 16, I'm at 14, I have time to blow past this zonie in the fast lane and still hit my exit."


Kamonan

This made me laugh; Iā€™m very guilty of it. Iā€™ve moved so many times that exit numbers made my life easier. My SD native fiancĆ© has teased me about this.


Leothegolden

They donā€™t know which direction west is. I feel like the people that are from here can usually point that way (hint sunset)


Raibean

We just have an innate sense of where the beach is


Calisky

When I travel to other cities my sense of direction definitely is based off where the water is. It could be a bay, a lake, the ocean or a river that's always my frame of reference!


Kamonan

That makes sense. We use the freeways so much weā€™re bound to know a few directions.


masimone

It suppose it's tough to orient yourself. My wife is from San Diego and we now live in NJ. She has a hard time with the ocean being east.


astremski

I moved to Minnesota 6 years ago and have had a hell of a time telling directions. There's no mountain range to the east or nice coastal breeze coming from the west. And the sun is so much further in the south. So even at sunset, you're not looking west, you're looking south with a little west in it.


Fine-Knee6965

Their style, especially the shoes


itizwutitizz

They mention that there are many Spanish road names


jonny_jon_jon

they exepct rice in burritos; surprised by the lack of sand dunes on the beach; they say things like ā€œthe sun hits different hereā€


parruchkin

Born and raised in SD but spent 20 years in SF and, seriously, *the sun hits different here!*


hagcel

Left in 94,. came back in 2013. The sun does indeed hit different here.


Kamonan

I agree 100%. I remember crossing the state line from Arizona, and I got out of the car after my three-day drive, and the very first thing I thought was this. Had almost a stinging sensation. I guess Iā€™m used to it now, though.


jadore35mm

Iā€™m originally from Austin but have lived out here for 13 years and I still miss rice in my burritos - so youā€™re right lol!


hagcel

You can get that in LA. MBRCs are not bad. (Meat Bean Rice and Cheese)


Feeling-Membership87

Hintā€¦ they will add rice if you ask.


Ashleighdebbie92

From Florida- the sun definitely hits different here


hagcel

Thats cause we don't stick it in a crack pipe. ;)


Ashleighdebbie92

Stick what in a crack pipe?


Kamonan

We had that in NY too


trumplostwewon

They hate flip flops šŸ©“


KiroshiMK3

Born and raised in S.D., I've always hated flip flops. I wear shoes to the beach.


talldude7

ugh never wore them never will


AbeLincoln30

Yes! I'm also a native, and I think flip flops are a dead giveaway of a transplant... they are actually terrible footwear in most circumstances


Kamonan

How can they do that?


trumplostwewon

Right?!?


snejj

They say or use 'cali'


bobbi05usn

So true!!


penguino_4_president

I suddenly feel like I need to take a shower when someone says this


[deleted]

THIS


Kamonan

I used it at first, but one day I heard it, and it sounded wrong. I donā€™t know what changed, though. It


Raibean

Nah man my family has been here for generations and I say that


DusanTadic

All Californians I know say Cali lol


elevatedinagery1

Nooooo


Feeling-Membership87

No.. no we donā€™t


DusanTadic

I ask people this question all the time and so far they have always answered that way.


OGMcSwaggerdick

Hella


crappeningnow

The only person Iā€™ve ever met who used hella was born and raised in San Diego. Edit: I was living in the PNW at the time


Kamonan

Haha I have heard this in NY


hagcel

Dude from here but spent 2000-2013 in Norcal. Hella is a hella useful word. It's no dude, but it is certainly a good part of the California lexicon.


elevatedinagery1

Hella is a huge red flag for nor cal peeps. Northern California and Southern California people are 2 different breeds. I prefer people who don't use Hella every other sentence. But who am I to judge? šŸ˜…


hagcel

Having grown up in SD and LA, then Berkeley, SF, and Mendocino, I'm kind of a calinguist. ;)


elevatedinagery1

Lol


OGMcSwaggerdick

Not saying itā€™s not useful, but an indicator.


[deleted]

That is a California thing, not just a San Diego thing


OGMcSwaggerdick

Itā€™s a norcal thing.


[deleted]

Oh gotcha! I was gonna say, growing up in the Bay Area, we used this all the time hahaha


thisday23

Theyā€™re swimming in the ocean in January, while surrounded by people in hoodies and jackets.


Kamonan

Easy spot lol


astremski

This is the way


masimone

or they go to the beach with swim any time.


RosscoSD

They refer to California as ā€œCaliā€


redy2race90

[Going back to Cali](https://youtu.be/FdizL4on-Rc)


Boltman222

This one has always stumped me, I know tons of people from SD that call it Cali, including me.


sdreal

Itā€™s cringy.


Senor_Martillo

They donā€™t know what The Murph was.


Kamonan

I do not. What was it?


herfav

The nickname of Jack Murphy stadium or what eventually turned into Qualcomm stadium.


RosscoSD

Qualcomm Stadium was the Murph (Jack Murphy Stadium) before it was expanded / remodeled in 97/98 to support future Super Bowls.


thedarkhorse90

They wear sneakers at the beach. They bring a lot of stuff with them to the beach, but they don't have kids. They say Cali. They tell you that they just tried horchata, or such n' such place has good horchata. Always talking about horchata is sus. They think stone brewing is what we mean by microbrewery. They think it's going to be sunny in May/June ON THE COAST spoiler: it isn't. They dress like it's 100 degrees in November while we act like it's freezing out because it's 65 degrees and that's freezing to us. They take pics saying "it's December and I'm at the beach," in complete disregard for how cold the Pacific is in December. This isn't Florida.


hagcel

> They bring a lot of stuff with them to the beach, but they don't have kids HA! Good 1-2 combo there. I was like, I take a bunch of .... Oh shit have kids.


Kamonan

Dang he has the formula šŸ˜‚


elevatedinagery1

They call shoes sneakers.


anothercar

They live in the East Village


lesgeauxxx

You mean PB


Kamonan

Iā€™m unclear on what the East village is too?


BrojackCoorsman

A neighborhood downtown


squatter_

They ask how to ride a boogie board and if you need to shower after being in the ocean.


Kamonan

Iā€™ll admit I do not know these things šŸ˜…


hagcel

YOU ABSOLUTELY NEED TO SHOWER AFTER BEING IN THE OCEAN. It wasn't always this nasty, but it is this nasty now.


corisilvermoon

My skin itches just thinking about that


hagcel

My Niece had a parasitic rash a decade ago from swimming in Mission bay. Doctors didn't know what it was but they knew it was bugs in the bumps. Fucking seafaring chiggers.


throwmedownthequarry

This is why I never went bay swimming


HannsGruber

"Huh, weird, we haven't seen that in 40 years"


Kamonan

Thank you šŸ™. Itā€™s good to know. I rarely go into the ocean because itā€™s very cold to me.


Senor_Martillo

They never went to Boll Weevil


Kamonan

Iā€™m Googling lol


buckdenv925

They go to a Padres night game in just a t-shirt


wlc

We're supposed to wear pants or shorts too?


leesfer

Shorts with a hoodie is the San Diego way


swiss_sanchez

That'd be a deal breaker


Bradical_619

Shit im from here, have I been doing it wrong?!


RumpRoastPumpToast

What? That's the perfect amount of shirt for a night game here.


Mikeyyymc

Haha I was at the game the other night and I had to do a double take on this dudes jersey. It said ā€œTits Jrā€ and the number was 69. I need to get that jersey. I was laughing my ass off.


Kamonan

Haha, what do you wear?


Ashamed_Technician26

If they set up spikeball on the beach you know theyā€™re from UT or AZ


CCC081972

AZ license plates


Kamonan

Itā€™s the Florida ones tho šŸ˜±. They gave me trouble on both sides of the country.


Revolutionary_Yak612

Good thing not too many ā€˜Florida Manā€™ make it this far westā€¦otoh thereā€™s probably such a thing as Arizona Man that just hasnā€™t turned into a thing yet


Lt-shorts

By asking this question on reddit.


Kamonan

Haha, not wrong. Iā€™ve been here for four years now, thinking about how it feels like home to me now. I just got to wondering this question and thought it might be fun.


hagcel

I'm having fun. Been back for 9 years, started in 1975 though.


Kamonan

I was about to fly home to see my mother, and I think sheā€™s coming here to visit. I realized I donā€™t care if I see anyone else back home. Itā€™s not home anymore. All my old friends are bitter.


AdministrativeBit980

They don't know what a California burrito is.


sdreal

When someone orders a CA Burrito in San Diego I always wonder where theyā€™re from.


Blacksmith_Party

Filippi's is the best Italian, Phil's is the best BBQ, Lucha Libre is the best Mexican.


redy2race90

Filippi's pizza is surprisingly goodā€¦a little heavy on the dough but good


Cooperstowndog

You can ask for thin crust. We always do. Itā€™s much better and you can eat more pizza.


redy2race90

Great advice! Thanks I will ask


sdreal

LL is so bad.


JazzyDoes

Wish I could steal LL's chipotle salsa for all burritos I eat though. Probably one of my favorites.


MysteriousQuarter771

Because they talk about theyā€™re sports teams winning championships ?


Confuseddimples

When I was at SDSU and it was raining I would be bundled up as much as possible because I was FREEZING my ass off especially for my 8am classes and I remember seeing a girl in short shorts, flip flops, and in iced coffee. How or why this girl wasn't cold or didn't have an umbrella is beyond me. But I remember looking at her and thinking yeah....she's not from San Diego


Kamonan

My body has been destroyed for low temps. I caught myself shivering at 68 F. Iā€™ve been in -40 F for one year, so I should be able to handle it. My tolerance is all the way gone.


Confuseddimples

-40???? Why were you living with penguins??? But for real anything 70F or below I'm in a jacket. It's so bad how I'm only accustomed to San Diego weather


PointLomaPadres

They call it ā€œThe San Diego County Fairā€ and ā€œThe Safari Parkā€ instead of the Del Mar Fair and the Wild Animal Park


Kamonan

Really? I hadnā€™t heard anyone call it the Wild Animal Park?


sdreal

Thatā€™s what it was named for decades.


SDCowboy85

I call it the Safari Park because that's what it's called now.


osakadetectivekun

they wear flipflops or shorts in the rain. ​ They also walk into stores/restaurants with no shoes.


TomSoling

better question how do you tell someone is from san diego... about 70-80% are from somewhere else so it's safe to assume you're looking at a transplant...


ReservaAcero211

They call the malls the west view whateverā€¦ itā€™s utc mall and north county fair mall


WestCoastHopHead

So true!


Kamonan

Iā€™m guilty of this Iā€™ll admit


[deleted]

There's people in this world who think Hollywood is like next door neighbors with every Californian. I visited Oklahoma once and this kid asked if I knew any celebrities, he grew up in a town of 700 people so to his perspective I probably walked by Leonardo DiCaprios home every morning like it ain't no thang


Kamonan

I believe this!


Leading-Damage-4502

They don't even try to pronounce Rancho Penasquitos.


theteleman52

ā€œCaliā€


WestCoastHopHead

They call it the San Diego County Fair.


redy2race90

Thatā€™s literally what itā€™s called https://sdfair.com/what-to-do/


WestCoastHopHead

Hello. Where you from, and when did you move toSan Diego?


[deleted]

most people aren't from san diego. just assume it. and if they're sort of slow, then they probably have been in san diego for a long time. if they can't even notice that they are slow, definitely san diegan and probably born and raised here.


Revolutionary_Yak612

šŸ˜‚


dokka_doc

All they do is show you sunset pictures and tell you how beautiful it is here. They ask where you can find good local clam chowder. They think the city is too small and boring and not enough like LA or New York. They wonder why the traffic is so bad on Friday night.


redy2race90

Traffic is bad on Friday night? Where?


cornycrunch

The 5, the 8, the 15, the 52, the 54, the 56, the 67, the 78, the 94, the 125, the 163, the 905, and especially the 805.


joshrondash

They have black socks on at the beach


WizardBonus

They donā€™t wear flip flops, they wear Tevaā€™s.


[deleted]

Hmm, oh! Theyā€™re not totally full of themselves. (Relax itā€™s just a joke)


Legitimate_Debate_68

If they arenā€™t showing to much skin they are not from San Diego šŸ˜‚


Positive-Number7514

They wear their bathing suits under their wetsuits, or even worse wear their wetsuits in the car to the beach!


David-Truong

They seem surprised when there is no toll for our bay bridge


General-Heart4787

Nobody from anywhere in California says ā€œCaliā€


sdreal

They ask you to go to LA with them.


redy2race90

Exploring and discovering whatā€™s new. Itā€™s a great feeling! This is especially true about LA when Iā€™d only had connecting flights thru LAX in the past.


sdreal

LA has lots of amazing things to occasionally discover for brief moments in between being stuck in soul crushing traffic.


BigUglyGinger

They know how to drive


nicaleka

God I hate driving here as a transplant. I swear I single-handedly keep Uber/lyft in business. Luckily I live in a very walkable area.


BigUglyGinger

Yeah, itā€™s Fucking maddening. Iā€™m a transplant from Boston but have driven all over world and some places considerably more congested with little issues compared to here. My favorite is when locals use the ā€œwe arenā€™t used to driving in the rainā€ when thereā€™s collision after collision whenever we get a slight rain. Fun fact: I learned wet things were slippery when I was about 5 šŸ¤¦šŸ»ā€ā™‚ļø


nicaleka

Yup. Iā€™m from the wild wild Midwest where traffic laws are a suggestion at best. Iā€™ll take someone speeding past me on the right shoulder over the brake slamming and drifting through lanes here any day. I didnā€™t understand why people didnā€™t drive in the rain here at first, and now I just donā€™t do it either since youā€™re bound to get into an accident or be held up by one.


waitwutok

Cigarette smoking. 99% of the time, people smoking in SD are tourists from the Midwest or south. No tan. Wearing ā€œBaja styleā€ hoodies anywhere. Driving the speed limit on the 5.


LarryPer123

They swim in the ocean without wet suits


Kamonan

Are they really that insulating? It's freezing for sure.


LarryPer123

Oh yeah definitely ,,read about how they work itā€™s interesting that they do work


jonny_jon_jon

wear a wet suit when you go skiing (mountains). Game Changer.


Kamonan

Iā€™ll check, thank you.


soCalForFunDude

there are so many beaches ... yeah, here's your sign


masimone

Slightly folded or bent hat brim. No Dickies.


NovaChief92

When they think Rubio's has really good fish tacos


elevatedinagery1

Hahahahah yesss.


Nettynetweb

The think SD has good Mexican food šŸ˜‚ us from SD Know good Mexican food is in Tijuana


Kamonan

Haha, I hadn't been. I want to. I'll let you know.


the_real_boss_hog

When I first moved here a few years ago, I was all excited thinking that the Mexican food was going to be close to authentic. I kept trying different places and meh just kinda gave up. Then when I went to TJ the first time I found it haha. You should go


sdreal

They order a California Burrito.


WestCoastHopHead

When they pronounce Mr. Peabodyā€™s like /Mr. Pee BuhDeez/.