[at-l] directional language/slang

[daveh@psknet.com (Dave Hicks)]

When my mother was still alive, I visited her every four weeks, or so.  When
I lived in the DC area, there was no question that I travel "down" to
Richmond and "up" to go home.  However, once I retired, we would often
ponder the correct "direction" for the trip from the New River Valley to
Richmond.  I was traveling "down" from the mountains, but "up" north.  We
settled on "over," as I crossed over the eastern continental divide and then
again over the Shenandoahs.

Chainsaw

----- Original Message -----
From: "Susan Buchanan" <buchanan@shentel.net>
To: <At-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 5:00 AM
Subject: Re: [at-l] directional language/slang


> Folks can feel very directionally challenged in the Shenandoah Valley.
The
> Shenandoah River runs south to north.  If I go "up the valley" from here
in
> Winchester, I'm heading south.  When I first got here, there were a couple
> of people who were always correcting me when I'd say "I'm going down to
> Harrisonburg" (south of here) - - "No!  You're going UP to Harrisonburg!"
> they'd invariably respond.
>
> Susan
>
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