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Texasmark1 · Oct 16, 2016

Answering John's comment about tax dollars at work made me think about something.

What's the difference between "down" the road apiece and "up" the road apiece?

What's the difference between I'm going "up" town or going "down" town?

Compass direction with N being up? Topography with hills being "up" and dales being "down"?

When I was a kid mom took us siblings to "downtown Houston". Closest I figured was that part of town was near Buffalo Bayou so that made it down the hill so it was down town.

Steve@Advance · Oct 16, 2016

I think that's right up there with "Driving on the parkway" and "Parking on the driveway" LOL

john in la · Oct 16, 2016

The main street in New Orleans is Canal street. It use to have a canal in the neutral ground.
Everything up river from there is uptown and everything down river is downtown.

Down the road it past my house (from the main highway) and up the road is places I pass going to the main highway when leaving my house.

Now you can try and figure out what a neutral ground is. LOL.

steve_in_mo · Oct 16, 2016

Nutral ground is a combination. The white wire is neutral and the green is the ground.

tractorsam · Oct 16, 2016

In the UK it's based on the railway. All trains going to London (or finishing closer to London than where they started from) are considered 'Up' trains. 'Down' trains were just the opposite. Sam

Traditional Farmer · Oct 17, 2016

I don't know but you're always UP on Cripple Creek

john in la · Oct 17, 2016

Neutral Ground translated is Median.

js305 · Oct 17, 2016

Don't know for sure, but I figure if you can find out where "over yonder" is, you may find the answer to your question......

wjytexas · Oct 17, 2016

and as you know South Texas, North Texas, West Texas, East Texas depends on where you are in Texas. The Coast, the Piney Woods, The Valley are much more descriptive. Amarillo is considered West Texas but Dallas many miles south is considered North Texas. Figure.

rossow (mn) · Oct 17, 2016

And (when I was a kid and still today) towns south of us are "down," north of us are "up," but east and west are both "over." And why are America's East and West both "out" but there's no "out South" or "out North"? Language is interesting.

Leroy · Oct 17, 2016

Piney and valley does not tell us anything. East, west, north, south and coast does give an idea of where things are. But if you are from Texas it would be different but for northners we have no idea what a piney woods or valley is.

Texasmark1 · Oct 17, 2016

Responses............priceless. Glad I asked the questions. Now I am perfectly informed and can "speak proper". Grin

Bobl1958 · Oct 17, 2016

When I was growing up, North was up, South was down, East was over, and West was out. That's still the way I call them..lol - Bob

Steamboat · Oct 17, 2016

I took an introductory geography class in college many years ago. On first day the Professor asked class "In which direction do the rivers of the world flow?" You would be surprised at some of the answers, including: "South, Out to Sea, East, West, etc., etc.". The only correct generalization that can be made of all rivers of the world, however is that they all flow DOWNHILL!

Ozlander · Oct 17, 2016

For me, it was up north, down south, back east and out west.

And how can the midwest be east of the Mississippi?

NIK OWEN · Oct 17, 2016

U EVER GO TO STOCK SHOW @ COLISEUM ON BUFFALO BAYOU?? BE BLESSED, GRATEFUL, PREPARED...CHAMPION SOUTHDOWN RAM, & JERSEY COW... GREAT MEMORIES, EAT AT INEEDA LAUNDRY, OR COURTHOUSE, OR NEW JAIL..

Texasmark1 · Oct 17, 2016

I was there one year and got to rub Trigger Jr. when I was a young lad. Really a big deal for me as we played cowboys and indians all the time and RR was King of the Cowboys! Was surprised that he was not a Palomino like his dad. Didn't see Roy.

Pitalplace · Oct 18, 2016

My cousins in Idaho always said I had a funny accent. I'm from Nebraska so I told them the there is a Northern accent, Southern accent and Eastern accent. Therefore I am from the center and would have no accent.

Pair-a-dice farm · Oct 18, 2016

It's funny how our language is used. I've been DOWN on my luck and UP a creek at the same time. In my younger days I might have been drunker than Cooter Brown, was Cooter even drunk? And, I [b:7dcb2b6bed]thought[/b:7dcb2b6bed] I was [b:7dcb2b6bed]through[/b:7dcb2b6bed] at the [b:7dcb2b6bed]trough[/b:7dcb2b6bed] but leaving was [b:7dcb2b6bed]tough[/b:7dcb2b6bed]. My friend went [b:7dcb2b6bed]to[/b:7dcb2b6bed] the trough [b:7dcb2b6bed]too[/b:7dcb2b6bed] but only got [b:7dcb2b6bed]two[/b:7dcb2b6bed] drinks. Others were also [b:7dcb2b6bed]there[/b:7dcb2b6bed] to wet [b:7dcb2b6bed]their[/b:7dcb2b6bed] whistle but now [b:7dcb2b6bed]they're[/b:7dcb2b6bed] gone.
It's no wonder the English language is hard to learn.

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