Live in the North/South...

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"My cousin lives up in the North"... I hear this often or something similar but I don't get it when they give direction like that, is there a link that will help me understand this? Thanks

Marius Hancu · Accepted Answer

If this refers to the US, you may want to look at:

The Mason-Dixon line
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mason-Dixon_line

Clive · Answer

Hi,

"My cousin lives up in the North"... I hear this often or something similar but I don't get it when they give direction like that, is there a link that will help me understand this?

In my experience, generally speaking, North is spoken of as 'up', and 'South' as down. {I don't know whether this is also true in the Southern hemisphere.}

With regard to your example, I think you'd much more commonly hear 'My cousin lives up North'.

Best wishes, Clive

Live in the North/South...

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