Interstate 405 (California)
Interstate 405 is a major north–south auxiliary Interstate Highway in Southern California. The entire route is known as the northern segment of the San Diego Freeway. I-405 is a bypass auxiliary route of I-5, running along the southern and western parts of the Greater Los Angeles urban area from Irvine in the south to Sylmar in the north.
The Bristol exit near South Coast Plaza and the Segerstrom Center for the Arts, with Saddleback in the background
The I-405 freeway as seen from a plane landing at Los Angeles International Airport
I-405 near the interchange with the Ventura Freeway (US 101)
The view from the Getty Center, south of the Sepulveda Pass, looking east, south, and west. I-405 can be seen at the center.
California English collectively refers to varieties of American English native to California. As California became one of the most ethnically diverse U.S. states, English speakers from a wide variety of backgrounds began to pick up different linguistic elements from one another and also developed new ones; the result is both divergence and convergence within Californian English. However, linguists who studied English before and immediately after World War II tended to find few, if any, patterns unique to California, and even today most California English still exhibits a General or Western American accent.
Image: LA freeway 2009
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