On Thu, Dec 20, 2018 Eric Christopherson via cctalk wrote: > > OK, so it's down *to* the bunker or down *in* the bunker. I'm just asking > because of my language geekery. I still don't know, though, whether "down > the bunker" without a preposition is idiomatic in some dialect of English I > don't speak fluently. I just know some UK English speakers pronounce "down > to the/down at the" ALMOST the same as "down the", but I believe there's > still a glottal stop in the former but not the latter. >
How about: "There's a guy works down the chip shop swears he's Elvis" Can we get back to the on-topic stuff now :-) Regards, Peter Coghlan