Where "down" is in New England.

[Joel S. Berson]

At 8/9/2010 11:59 AM, Laurence Horn wrote:
>I forget whether one goes down from one's university to London or up
>to London; could it be either, depending on the context and worldview?

I think one can be "sent down" from one's college (and also prep [do
the British use that term] school to home, for misbehavior.  I assume
it ain't always London.  (What does "The Winslow Boy" say?  Although
in that case it was a Royal Navy school.)

Joel

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