Up the pub or down the pub etc. What is the difference?
2007-01-04 23:23:07 · 23 answers · asked by honeybell 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Depends on where you're going...
I have heard that it is correct to say you are going up to London, even if you are travelling from the north, so maybe it is just a colloquialism, or figure of speech.
2007-01-04 23:35:13 · answer #1 · answered by ammonite132 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I go along the road and to the pub
2007-01-04 23:50:21 · answer #2 · answered by 90210 aka Hummer Lover 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I go along the road and round the pub.
2007-01-04 23:26:08 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I live half way up a hill so it depends which way i am going!
Having said that, if I am on a flat road and giving someone directions I will probably say - it's just down the road , don't know why.
It's like some people fill in forms and some people fill out forms
2007-01-04 23:26:50 · answer #4 · answered by The Mad cyclist 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Heading North = Up
" South = Down
2007-01-04 23:29:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Up the road is somewhere you choose to go. Down the road is to jail or prison.
2007-01-05 10:38:43 · answer #6 · answered by mmf 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From the North Pole, its Down. From the South Pole its up. Everywhere else, its swirling happily around the side
2007-01-04 23:54:47 · answer #7 · answered by Cupid Stunt 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you can freewheel there on a bike it's down the pub.
If you can't it's up the pub.
2007-01-04 23:50:43 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I tend to use down the road, unless its geographically incorrect, ie, I need to go up a hill!
2007-01-04 23:27:30 · answer #9 · answered by beanie 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
up the street and down the road.
2007-01-04 23:24:46 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋