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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: negatives and other regional idioms... #15621 01/15/01 03:22 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA W wow Carpal Tunnel wow Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA So I wonder from where the terms "uptown" and "downtown" came. In my experience it's region-specific or even specific to the town you are in. Perhaps a way the locals can tell if you're a newcomer? wow Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Related to "but" Nitaplease 01/14/01 03:29 PM Re: Related to "but" wow 01/14/01 04:13 PM Re: Related to "but" Capital Kiwi 01/14/01 04:55 PM Re: negatives jmh 01/14/01 06:54 PM Re: negatives wow 01/14/01 09:56 PM Re: negatives and other regional idioms... Chickie 01/15/01 12:37 PM Re: negatives and other regional idioms... wow 01/15/01 03:22 PM Re: Going down to Ithaca Faldage 01/15/01 03:49 PM Re: Going down to Ithaca Chickie 01/15/01 07:07 PM Re: negatives and other regional idioms... Jazzoctopus 01/15/01 08:49 PM Re: negatives and other regional idioms... Chickie 01/16/01 01:21 PM Re: negatives and other regional idioms... Sparteye 01/16/01 03:42 PM Local names Jackie 01/16/01 04:44 PM Re: Local names Sparteye 01/16/01 05:04 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,371 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 761 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 30 A C Bowden 24 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,561 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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