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[gfish]

Who else gets slightly annoyed when people don't use the correct map-relative direction (up->north, down->south, over->east/west) when talking about large-scale geography? From Seattle I can head up to Vancouver, down to Portland, or over to Spokane. Period.

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[bopeepsheep.livejournal.com]

Confusingly, in the UK, wherever you start from, it's always Up to London. (Blame the railways.) And of course you can also go Up to Oxford and Cambridge, and Down when leaving, regardless of your final destination.

It's not helped by North not being quite where we think it is, on our main landmass.

[ashley-y.livejournal.com]

I believe Israel is also "up" if you're Jewish.