Upstate/downstate

Barnhart barnhart at HIGHLANDS.COM
Wed Mar 3 20:28:45 UTC 2004


American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> writes:
>Yonkers is
>upstate.

It isn't for folks who liver there or nearby.  Indeed, I have the
impression that people who commute to NYC do not consider themselves
"upstate" at least from the end of MetroNorth RR commutation runs.

Regards,
David

barnhart at highlands.com



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