Where "down" is in Old England

[Joel S. Berson]

At 8/13/2010 03:14 PM, Laurence Horn wrote:
>At least for Edinburgh, since it's the capital, I imagine the
>Shetlander (or Sheltie, depending on the species) would go "up to
>Edinburgh" just as the Liverpudlian would go "up to London".

And so do I imagine, but do we have evidence?  And what about a
non-capital, such as Glasgow?  Or Aberdeen?

Joel

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