Interestingly, all the So. Cal TEC routes are something'N''number'
In San Diego, the outbound routes are pronounced(by MYF tower at least) san November #
Coast November it is. It used to be Lima, then Mike, etc.
The controller calling it 'north' is slightly worrying, but probably because there are coded modifiers like LAXE, SNAN, etc, referring to non-standard ops at certain fields (like LAX running east and SNA running north).