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Thread #163445   Message #3899853
Posted By: wysiwyg
15-Jan-18 - 05:49 PM
Thread Name: Cultural: *Down* to Yorks from London?
Subject: Cultural: *Down* to Yorks from London?
It just feels off when my audiobook tells me someone's going "down" to Yorkshire from London... when I think I have it right that they're going north and uphill.

What am I missing? (Is it a class prejudice thing where London akways has to be referred to as more up-er than Yorkshire? Being in the parallel part of PA gave me that idea.)

Hearing it a lot as I listen thru JS Fletcher titles at www.librivox.org's catalog.

Thanks for any help!


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