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Feb 8, 2016
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cowhide
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You are wrong. I'm from Utah and Utahns refer to North as up and South as down.
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Utah Directional Confusion
SurfCoug
2/8/16 5:19pm
I can't say that I've ever heard that before, not even once.
El Jefe
2/8/16 5:22pm
Me neither.
Virginia Ute
2/8/16 5:24pm
"Up" means north.
mobomanjoe
2/8/16 5:26pm
Exactly, it has nothing to do with elevation.
Ashtrash
2/8/16 5:49pm
The heck it doesn't.
Virginia Ute
2/8/16 5:50pm
Sure, if you're going up in the mountains it does, but otherwise...not so much.
Ashtrash
2/8/16 5:52pm
It doesn't refer to elevation at all.
Ashtrash
2/8/16 5:51pm
Rarely happens in Utah, but elevation trumps
Virginia Ute
2/8/16 5:53pm
It definitely refers to elevation.
RalphWiggam
2/8/16 6:04pm
It only applies if you're talking about mountains/valleys
Ashtrash
2/8/16 6:29pm
I'm pretty sure that's what was meant by "elevation".
El Jefe
2/8/16 6:48pm
Grew up here. South is only up if it is obviously going up to the mountains.
Megamind
2/9/16 6:29am
I have, but only because my sister is an idiot.
Ashtrash
2/8/16 5:49pm
He's aware of the height of Californians' Rameumptoms?
ByuMba90
2/8/16 5:26pm
sometimes I refer to where I am as down here just by habit, like Ill come down to your place
Deleted
2/8/16 5:27pm
I've lived in Utah the past 45 years and never heard that.
CopperLix
2/8/16 5:28pm
Me, too. We always went "up" to SLC and "down" to St. George.
Archaeovagrant
2/8/16 5:33pm
I can confirm the notion. I just assumed that it was sin that cause the problem.
ClackamasCoug
2/8/16 5:31pm
I've heard it too, but it's not just Utah people.
Cochise Cat
2/8/16 5:36pm
I once heard a colleague say, "Last weekend we was up to Tooele."
Tim
2/8/16 5:37pm
Do you work at Walmart?
titlecoug
2/8/16 6:10pm
I thought it was just me. I've heard a lot of people in Tooele use this phrasing
mobius
2/8/16 7:13pm
Followed by 'and we seen'. Those two go together all the time
Cachanilla83
2/8/16 7:59pm
You are wrong. I'm from Utah and Utahns refer to North as up and South as down.
cowhide
2/8/16 5:45pm
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BYUCoug11
2/8/16 5:49pm
This is not a thing. I have never heard anybody in Utah say this.
CougsOrDeath
2/8/16 6:13pm
Here's another "never heard that before"
StantonMac
2/8/16 6:14pm
Never heard before and the OP makes sure to assign it
mobius
2/8/16 7:16pm
I get the yewt bashing and dislike on CB but towards the state I find hilarious.
CougsOrDeath
2/8/16 7:19pm
Maybe he is a teenager who doesn't know geography?
bretonnia
2/8/16 8:19pm
alls I know is...
readybreak
2/9/16 10:57am
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