On Thursday 30 March 2017 18:43:00 kAt wrote: > In any case, looking "down" on people due to their origin
One of the geographical meanings of "down" in English English is "South" . "South (as south is at the bottom of typical maps). I went down to Miami for a conference." https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/down If one takes Yankee to mean New Yorker, then surely North Carolina is down?? We have country bumpkins in the Home Counties. And is London "up" or "down" from York? Lisi
