GUMTREE SCAMMER do not fall for this!

bod1467

spacey2012 wrote: »

ROFL !
Boy are some folk GREEN !

Need I say more? :T

pulliptears

giraffe69 wrote: »

Dodgy English, going "down" from Bath to Glasgow.

Thats actually perfect English, you only ever go 'up' to the capital i.e London. Everywhere else you go 'down' to so yes, technically you would go down to Glasgow.

retiredin2011

technically you would go down to Glasgow.

No you wouldn't, you go up to Glasgow from Bath.

Take a look at a map.:rotfl:

Hoof_Hearted

In general, anything when dealing with strangers and Western Union is involved is likely to be dodgy.

pulliptears

retiredin2011 wrote: »

No you wouldn't, you go up to Glasgow from Bath.

Take a look at a map.:rotfl:

Did you actually read anything I posted?

retiredin2011

Did you actually read anything I posted?

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pulliptears

retiredin2011 wrote: »

It was a joke, did you not see my :rotfl: etc etc

Apologies. Been a morning for Trolls so I missed your intention.

UsernameAlreadyExists

pulliptears wrote: »

Thats actually perfect English, you only ever go 'up' to the capital i.e London. Everywhere else you go 'down' to so yes, technically you would go down to Glasgow.

I'd never heard of this before! Can you link to an authoritative reference / explanation? My ham-fisted searching has only yielded others asking the same question and people posting similar to you.

Interesting it doesn't seem to apply to "Up north".

pulliptears

UsernameAlreadyExists wrote: »

I'd never heard of this before! Can you link to an authoritative reference / explanation? My ham-fisted searching has only yielded others asking the same question and people posting similar to you.

Interesting it doesn't seem to apply to "Up north".

I was taught this in Primary in the 70's when staff were planning a trip to London, I remember it very clearly as someone said "we are going down to london!" and were instantly corrected. Being from the Midlands I couldn't get my head around it at all as it was obviously down, but my Dad said the same thing.

It's something to do with the importance of the capital I believe, I can't find any firm reference for it interestingly, but I think its from the old English where you always travel up to the more important place.
Funny old language isn't it?

bod1467

On a similar (tangential) theme ... my English teacher hated Star Trek, because of the opening monologue. Can you spot the grammatical error?

"To boldly go where no man has gone before"