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   Roy Witt to Bj”rn Felten   
   Reformatted: FTSC Election Information   
   24 Dec 12 11:21:17   
   
    Bre'r Bj”rn Felten wrote about RE:Reformatted: FTSC Election Information   
   to Bre'r David Drummond:   
      
    DD>> Actually, up is defined as "away from the centre of the Earth"   
      
    BF>    Defined by whom?   
      
   Dictionaries.   
      
    DD>> I got full marks for that (an open minded teacher).   
      
    BF>    Good for you!   
      
    BF>    But I still would want to know who defines what's up and down. All   
    BF> jokes aside...   
      
   Look it up (pun)...   
      
   As an adverb:   
   adv.   
   1.   
   a. In or to a higher position: looking up.   
   b. In a direction opposite to the center of the earth or a comparable   
      gravitational center: up from the lunar surface.   
      
   Note the 2nd definition.   
      
   As a preposition:   
      
   up   
   prep   
   1. indicating movement from a lower to a higher position climbing up a   
      mountain   
      
      
            R\%/itt   
      
      
      
   --- Ya have ta ask yourself: What Would Roy Witt Do?   
    * Origin: Texas Lone-Star - Texan, American, USAian  (1:387/22)   

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