On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 08:11, Andre Uratsuka Manoel an...@insite.com.br wrote:
Also, the richest part of Brazil is the south. On the poor northeast,
to go south is to go to a richer place, not go down.
In a sense, the posher parts of Delhi, Bombay, and Bangalore are South
Delhi, South Bombay,
Pranesh Prakash [05/04/10 19:00 +0530]:
On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 08:11, Andre Uratsuka Manoel an...@insite.com.br wrote:
Also, the richest part of Brazil is the south. On the poor northeast,
to go south is to go to a richer place, not go down.
In a sense, the posher parts of Delhi, Bombay, and
On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 7:00 PM, Pranesh Prakash
the.solips...@gmail.comwrote:Or am I
completely wrong in identifying South Delhi/Bombay/Bangalore as the
more posh areas?)
Not wrong (I live in south Bangalore)...merely dead, as the Northies go
after you!
Deepa.
http://www.slate.com/id/2249565/pagenum/all/#p2
San Diego Is East of Reno?
The most common navigational mistakes we all make.
By Tom Vanderbilt
Imagine two cities, one to the north of where you live and one an
equal distance to the south. Should it take longer to drive to the
northern city than
On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 19:14, Thaths tha...@gmail.com wrote:
http://www.slate.com/id/2249565/pagenum/all/#p2
San Diego Is East of Reno?
The most common navigational mistakes we all make.
By Tom Vanderbilt
Imagine two cities, one to the north of where you live and one an
equal distance to
On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 23:21, Thaths tha...@gmail.com wrote:
On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 7:10 PM, Andre Uratsuka Manoel
an...@insite.com.br wrote:
I think the article was making the point that people thought that
going North was tougher because they unconsciously equated it, in
their heads, with
Andre Uratsuka Manoel [01/04/10 23:41 -0300]:
It's just that there are many expressions, like going south, that
don't exist here. I think there simply isn't such a strong association
civil society cliched jargon like north south etc dont really need to
have basis in any known language except
Andre Uratsuka Manoel [01/04/10 23:41 -0300]:
It's just that there are many expressions, like going south, that
don't exist here. I think there simply isn't such a strong association
Perhaps there is also the association with graphs, where anything going
south or down would mean a decrease
Well .. some states the stereotype fits. But mostly the south and the
southwest. Some of the central USA too.
Arkansas, Tennessee, West Virginia etc are the target of jokes about poverty
and illiteracy all the way to incest. Texas is mostly size jokes. Iowa,
Idaho etc are routine in the middle
