Is there such a thing as a “neutral” accent, and if so what does it sound like? And that quirk in the way southern Californians talk about freeways. They’ll say things like take the 405 and get on the 8. Why the definite article...
Why do southern Californians refer to interstate thoroughfares with the definite article, as in the 405 or the 8? This usage is a result of the history of freeways in Southern California, and is heard in a few other places, including Phoenix...
muni n.— «Windsurfing somehow led to last summer’s project of learning how to ride a unicycle (to raise the cool factor, I bought a mountain unicycle, or “muni,” as it’s called).» —“Above the lawn, walking the...