Re: Which way is upwards?

On Sun, 11 Dec 2005 23:43:11 +0000, Mike Barnes wrote:

> In alt.usage.english, Mike Lyle wrote:

>>
>>Notwithstanding the excellent world map with south at the top you can get
>>in Oz, we _are_ conditioned to think of north as "up", aren't we?
>
>
I was speaking with an old Maori man many years ago, and he told me where
his children were living, all to the south of F., except for the last who
was "way, way, down in Taumaranui", ie about 100 miles north of F.
Perhaps "up" is regarded as away from the sun.
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