'up' and 'down', [use of]

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Published: 1972
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/19587

down -these words are also used interchangeably with "in" and "out" ."in" and "out" are used when speaking of a place being located a mile or more distant from the location of the person speaking. e.g. Someone living in Bay Roberts, desiring to go to Shearstown which lies to the West of Bay Roberts would use the expression "I have to go in to Shearstown." Whereas a person living in Shearstown wishing to go to Bay Roberts, which is located about 2 miles to the East of Shearstown would use the expression "I have to go out to Bay Roberts." However in both communities when people wish to go less than a mile east of their home they would say "I have to (over) [reverse] go "down" the road", and similarly if they were going less than a mile west of their home they would say "I have to go "up" the road. JH 3/72 Used I and Sup Not Used 1 Not used (give) down the banks, down along, ~ north, ~ the shore, ~ to the Labrador, down alongs, down dru me's, down shaft, down the banks, down the Labrador, down the line, TONGUE-BANGING Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Tue 26 Jul 2016