up-state update

[victor steinbok]

I ran a quick GB search on (unrelated) up/downmarket terminology. Two quick
conclusions--the number of uses is more diverse than what OED represents,
and the term appears much earlier than the OED indicates. Neither is a
surprise, but I have not turned it into a project yet.

VS-)

On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 5:14 PM, David Barnhart <dbarnhart at highlands.com>wrote:

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> I am sure there are earlier quotes for up-state/upstate.  But, most of the
> hits are bogus to this term.
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> Found in a NY state newspaper (_The World_, 12/05/1896, p 3) the following:
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> "Certainly," answered the witness; "and a country Democrat is the same as a
> country Republican when it comes to city affairs."
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> The up-state legislators sniffed the air contemptuously at this, but
> refrained from assailing the home-rule proposition.

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