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As long as we're on the topic of things that are technically wrong, here's 3 more examples that make me wonder:
#1. "I'm going to drive from San Francisco down to LA". Do I use the term "down" simply because LA is below San Francisco on any map or globe where north is up? What if the place in LA has a higher elevation than San Francisco? People would look at me strange if I said that I'm driving up to LA. But what if I live on the north side of a hill. Do I drive down to the top of the hill? This too seems weird. How far does one need to drive before the implication for up and down switches from elevation to latitude?
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Actually, as a Geographer I often correct this kind of statement. I didn't move "down to Florida," I moved either "to Florida" or "south to Florida."
Of course I technically
could say I moved "down" here, as the parts Massachusetts (home state) and West Virgina (last state) I lived in are higher in elevation than The Space Coast.
CJSF