[UA] N.E.S.W.

[STUART ANDERSON]

I have heard "go north" as a euphemism for looking for work. I figured it was a Civil War thing, with former slaves going north for industrial work.  I never heard it a lot.
--Stu
  
----- Original Message -----
From: Bailey Watts
Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2002 5:17 PM
To: ua at lists.uchicago.edu
Subject: Re: [UA] N.E.S.W.
  
>Actually, the only one of those I've heard is "it went south."  Now,
>there's "Go west, young man."  There's "South of the Border, West of the
>Sun" and "North by Northwest," but those aren't really slang phrases.

I've heard "up north" in New Madrid and in some parts of Arkansas.  I just
always thought it refered to Marion or Moberly.

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