"Cali"
Jan 22nd, 2012, 12:52 PM
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"Cali"
I am a native Californian who really hates the recent trend toward calling the state "Cali". I felt the same way when people started referring to Orange County as "the OC". These nicknames were never used when I lived there...guess I am turning into a fuddy-duddy.
Jan 22nd, 2012, 03:49 PM
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I think it used by people who want to appear cool, but obviously aren't.
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Jan 22nd, 2012, 04:27 PM
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I've seen frets about "Cali" and "Frisco" on so many message boards, I can't imagine any "faux pas" that would bother me less. Who cares what anyone else calls a place? You say New Orleans and I say "N'awlins", lets call the whole thread off.
Jan 22nd, 2012, 05:12 PM
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I agree assure. It marks someone as definately not a local or a Californian when I hear them refer to our state as Cali. And I think that is what bothers Californians Orlando Vic - that they think they are hip and cool but it brands them as not with it.
Jan 22nd, 2012, 08:29 PM
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I hear it used by younger people, generally not from Cali. Same with San Fran.
Doesn't bother me at all, and I'm a second generation Californian.
An original Valley Girl, I like being creative with my language. Frisco makes my skin crawl, but my SoCal parents called it that. (I'm in NorCal now.)
Most of the people who use it that I know are cool! Young Phd.'s from Europe. I would never correct them. For one thing, most of them are fluent in 2 or 3 languages.
Doesn't bother me at all, and I'm a second generation Californian.
An original Valley Girl, I like being creative with my language. Frisco makes my skin crawl, but my SoCal parents called it that. (I'm in NorCal now.)
Most of the people who use it that I know are cool! Young Phd.'s from Europe. I would never correct them. For one thing, most of them are fluent in 2 or 3 languages.
Jan 22nd, 2012, 10:53 PM
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It bothers me, a fourth (fifth?) generation Californian.
And I bet those young PHDs would howl if you called their homes Londi or Schweitzi or Swedi, no matter what language you used to say it.
It's just silly, like something Madonna would do.
And I bet those young PHDs would howl if you called their homes Londi or Schweitzi or Swedi, no matter what language you used to say it.
It's just silly, like something Madonna would do.
Jan 23rd, 2012, 07:37 AM
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Jan 23rd, 2012, 08:53 AM
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Yep - LL is to blame. East coast rapper giving a nickname to a west coast state. This may even be what touched off the whole east coast/west coast thing, resulting in the deaths of Tupac and Biggie. Thanks LL.
Jan 23rd, 2012, 08:56 AM
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Yep, it was the rappers who started it. Then, the suits in TV production thought it would bring a hip-and-cool factor to their shows.
I think "The O.C." has pretty much run its course, but sadly the TV weather guys and gals still talk about conditions in The O.C. and The I.E. (Inland Empire).
I'm a 4th generation Californian and old enough to remember my geography lessons. Cali is a city in Colombia. Frisco is a town in Colorado.
I guess I'm also old enough to think that if you need to show how hip-and-cool you are, you aren't. It's like the 16-y.o. smoking cigarettes.
I think "The O.C." has pretty much run its course, but sadly the TV weather guys and gals still talk about conditions in The O.C. and The I.E. (Inland Empire).
I'm a 4th generation Californian and old enough to remember my geography lessons. Cali is a city in Colombia. Frisco is a town in Colorado.
I guess I'm also old enough to think that if you need to show how hip-and-cool you are, you aren't. It's like the 16-y.o. smoking cigarettes.
Jan 23rd, 2012, 10:52 AM
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People were saying "Cali" long before the rappers. As for how it originated, isn't it obvious, what would YOU come up with as an abbreviation from California if you were from somewhere else and just wanted to shorten it? What is your abbreviation for Mississippi? Connecticut?
