In my upbringing, 'downtown' just meant the central
business area of the smallish town I lived in.
In the medium sized town I'm in now, the merchant
organization is the Downtown Association. It's the
core area of the town -- stores, restaurants, city
hall, police, fire, county courthouse,
Can someone in the US tell me what you mean by downtown?
That's easy downtown means the city centre ie where everything is..
So if you were going up to London (which we did from Bromley, Kent) , you
would be going downtown!
I too was surprised by the term, but have got used to it after 7
Dear Friends,
If anyone would like to see some stunning photos of Ballarat, go to
this newly set up website.
http://people.aapt.net.au/~davidmorrison/album/index.html
David in Ballarat
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What absolutely wonderful pictures!! You have inspired me to beg my
housemate's camera and get some pictures of the wonderful architecture
here in Seattle. We really do have more cool buildings than just the
Space Needle grin and I should take advantage of the fact that
working here at the Pike
Here on the west coast of the US (in Washington State), the term 'downtown'
usually means 'in the heart of the city' or 'where the action/nightlife is' as
opposed to the outer areas and suburbs. Nothing negative about the term here.
Lorri
Can someone in the US tell me what you mean by
Hi all
I would like to thank everone who sent me instructions for the shoelace trick
in tatting.
I can now make the mat that I like .
Happy Lacemaking
Sue
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We will forgive you, - this time!!! :)) :)) :))
Providing you have a nice glass of Cider for us
Nothing better than a good cider!!! :))
I tried a few glasses on my recent trip to Tasmania - the 'cider country'
around this part of the world.!!
Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz
Hi All, Doesn't anyone remember Downtown by a record by Petula Clark in
the 1960s? Downtown has only positive connotations as far as I know. Here
in Brattleboro (where downtown is pretty small) people also say they are
going down street. It means pretty much the same thing and I don't know
Jean Nathan wrote:
Can someone in the US tell me what you mean by downtown?
I have been told that in New York City, uptown and
downtown are directions, akin to mauka and makai
(which I've almost certainly mis-spelled) in Honolulu --
but mauka and makai are radial co-ordinates and uptown
and
On Nov 30, 2006, at 4:35, Alice Howell wrote:
In my upbringing, 'downtown' just meant the central
business area of the smallish town I lived in.
Ditto here, a small town in Virginia. Only, our downtown is 4 (maybe
5) blocks long and 2 blocks wide... And, at that, the second block is
From: M.W.
Students in an advanced Biology class were taking
their mid-term exam.
The last question was, Name seven advantages of
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One student who had also partied the night before, was
hard put to think of seven advantages.
He wrote:
Yesterday, I went to a Dem hens lunch-- a bunch of middle-aged and
elderly women all of whom had worked as volunteers for the (successful!
g) campaign of Jim Webb for Senator (of Virginia). One of the women
found the following text and printed out enough copies so that each of
us got one. I
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