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Guest Posted 22 years ago
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UP OR DOWN?

IF YOU ARE TRAVELLING TO THE CAPITAL CITY OF A COUNTRY, DO YOU SAY YOU ARE TRAVELLING UP TO (LONDON) OR DOWN TO (LONDON)
  

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yes even i wanna know whether it is said "i m coming down to port blair" in case m travelling form Mumbai to port blair and then what do i say when m travelling back to Mumbai?... is this up and down in any case related to the geographical locations? or just used ?

— Pi_arch

  • yes even i wanna know whether it is said "i m coming down to port blair" in case m travelling form Mumbai to port blair and then what do i say when m travelling back to Mumbai?...
  • is this up and down in any case related to the geographical locations?
  • or just used ?
  • thanks, priya
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yes even i wanna know whether it is said "i m coming down to port blair" in case m travelling form Mumbai to port blair and then what do i say when m travelling back to Mumbai?... is this up and down in any case related to the geographical locations? or just used ?

thanks,
priya
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English speakers would say 'go up to / come up from' for northward and 'go down to / come down from' for southward unless some local convention precludes this usage. And 'over to' for east/west directions.

Where it gets confusing is at the local level: 'I'm going up/down to the convenience store' could be in any direction.
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Another confusing one is down east, used in New England to mean Maine, if I'm not mistaken. The term "down east" has a nautical origin. To sail from Boston to Maine you sail downwind and east.

(Factoid of the day!) :-8
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