Where "down" is in Old England

[Paul Johnston]

They "gang doon sooth".  And they feel they're part of Scandinavia, too.

Paul Johnston
On Aug 13, 2010, at 2:39 PM, Joel S. Berson wrote:

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> At 8/13/2010 12:55 PM, Mailbox wrote:
>> In all, the phrase "down to Scotland" appears 12 times in the
>> novel  and "down in Scotland" 10 times, all from the perspective of
>> points to the south, mostly London.
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> But Scotland is north of most everything else.  What does a traveler
> from the Shetlands say about going to Edinburgh?  (Or Limerick?)
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> Joel
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