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Originally Posted by Christopher Ferro
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."
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I know that's not a very good way of explaining things, but I still use it. It gets really bad considering I go to college in Florida, but I'm from Minnesota. I tend to think of anything below The Cities as being to the south, and therefore down. I remember saying, "He went down to Georgia," which made the person I was talking to give me a funny look. Hey, at least I know what I mean.
To change the subject, today I heard something that made me grind my teeth. In my space sciences class we watched part of a Discovery channel video. In the beginning the narrator said "Imagine being able to life 9,000 lbs." I know they were trying to put things in perspective, but it annoyed me. They should have said something like, "Imagine being able to life a rock, that on Earth would weigh 9,000 lbs."