Michigan "downstate"

[Jonathan Lighter]

Even Yonkers is "upstate."

JL

On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 11:16 AM, Paul Johnston <paul.johnston at wmich.edu>wrote:

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> The Yoopers may say that--never heard that in Kalamazoo.  But we are
> "fudgies" and/or "trolls" (below the bridge_ to them.  We just call the
> people from the UP "Yoopers".
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> I always thought it funny that Orange County, NY was counted as "upstate",
> since NYC was commuting distance even when I was born.
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> Paul Johnston
>  On May 18, 2011, at 10:59 AM, David Barnhart wrote:
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> > There's a reference in American Speech (Summer 2009, Vol. 84) for
> > _downstate_ in Michigan being below the bridge.
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> > DKB
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> > Barnhart at highlands.com
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