Going UP to brighton?

[jonny.rainbow]

Quite a few people I know, who are mainly London Bods, refer to travelling to Brighton as coming or going UP to Brighton.

Now call me an Intolerant Pedant but we are South of London (and most of GB) so anyone travelling form London will be coming or going DOWN to Brighton.

All maps and globes will confirm this.

Do these people need a geography lesson or is this a totally acceptable turn of phrase?

 

[Sheebo]

i do that all the time though with various places but i am THICK

 

[Goring Gull]

That really pisses me of when people say that not just about going to Brighton but anywhere if your going north it's up country and south is down country in my book, end of.

There fore Brighton to London would be - going up to London

or

London to Brighton would be going down to Brighton.

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

f***ing thick londoners

 

[bhafc99]

Yes, I happily sit with the pedants on this one too. I just at my girlfriend when she talks about going "up to Torquay" for the weekend.

 

[Billy the Fish]

The earth is spherical, therefore there is no such thing as up or down.

 

[Locky]

I suppose it depends on which way up you think the world is...............

My relatives from cornwall always say "going up to Brighton" which I have always thought correct.

 

[jonny.rainbow]

The earth is spherical, therefore there is no such thing as up or down.

Yes but it spins on an axis between the north and the south poles.

When a compass is shown or a map drawn North is always the top with the arrow pointing up.

I guess I am an Intolerant Pedant.

 

[Curious Orange]

Quick history lesson for you. Two things the railways brought this country are firstly the same time everywhere in the country instead of local time, and secondly the notion that heading to London is always UP, and heading away from London is always DOWN.

 

[Da Man Clay]

I suppose it depends on which way up you think the world is...............

My relatives from cornwall always say "going up to Brighton" which I have always thought correct.

Thats the right term if you live in cornwall. Isn't it?

 

[jonny.rainbow]

Quick history lesson for you. Two things the railways brought this country are firstly the same time everywhere in the country instead of local time, and secondly the notion that heading to London is always UP, and heading away from London is always DOWN.

Thanks for that.

Backs up my thinking and a fascinating titbit.

 

[Les Biehn]

My sister keeps asking when I'm coming down to Manchester! As you can tell she's not doing Geography at Uni.

 

[Hiney]

If you're visiting the Lake District, do you 'go down to COCKERMOUTH'

 

[Locky]

Thats the right term if you live in cornwall. Isn't it?

Yes I have always thought so.
Surely just about anyone else in the UK would be travelling down to Brighton.

 

[bhaexpress]

Sorry but in my experience it's always been 'down' from anywhere south og London. However, when I was living up North the locals would always say that they were going 'up' to London as indeed I would from Sussex.

 

[Locky]

Sorry but in my experience it's always been 'down' from anywhere south og London. However, when I was living up North the locals would always say that they were going 'up' to London as indeed I would from Sussex.

maybe going to a bigger town / city would be going up and going to a smaller place would be going down.

If thats the case we would be travelling down to smellhurst

 

[Curious Orange]

However, when I was living up North the locals would always say that they were going 'up' to London as indeed I would from Sussex.

Presumably on the train?

 

[bhaexpress]

maybe going to a bigger town / city would be going up and going to a smaller place would be going down.

If thats the case we would be travelling down to smellhurst

Well we certain lopk DOWN on Selhurst especially when there's somebody playing at home don't we ?

 

[bhaexpress]

Presumably on the train?

Mostly yes but by ex inlaws would talk about coming down south to visit myself and the ex. They always drove but thankfully never brought their caravan with them.

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

In the north they all seem to say that they are going up to London if they are travelling there. When I say I am going down to Brighton they look at me very confused. If you simply explain that going in a southerly direction is down and a northerly direction is up they still cannot grasp the concept. Also if I am travelling in an easterly or westerly direction I'll say going over to , whereas a northerner will still say going up ( Now then, I'm travelling up to Eastbourne from Brighton tha know. )