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In England, if you're fairly traditional, you would always say up to London, Oxford, or Cambridge (and, from the latter two, if you are a student and temporaril
by bshimmin 9y ago
In England, if you're fairly traditional, you would always say up to London, Oxford, or Cambridge (and, from the latter two, if you are a student and temporarily expelled, you are "sent down" - or "rusticated", to use a lovely word), whether you're starting from the north or the south.
- candeira 9y agoJoe Jackson sang of "going down to London[1] (to be the King)". According to his wikipedia biography[2], from age one he grew up in Portsmouth, which is South of London. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNoOLCsqNTE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNoOLCsqNTE [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Jackson_(musician) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Jackson_(musician)
- Roedou 9y agoI've never heard 'up to London'; being from Manchester, London was definitely "down South". Coming 'up' to Cambridge had a specific meaning, of matriculating at the University. For example: I came up to Cambridge in 2002. I assume that the University of Oxford uses it in the same way?
- standardhuman 9y agoI came up to Cambridge in 2004 and was at Oxford before that. I can confirm that both places use it in this sense. :) That said, I've also noticed that many of my friends from those years still use "up" when simply visiting Oxford or Cambridge, and I do get the odd alumni e-mail inviting me to come "up" to Cambridge (not sure if this is unique to a secretary at Clare, or more widely used).