Thread: Anyone here from the UK? Need some help with British English.
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Old 07-19-2010, 11:09 AM   #25
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Originally Posted by Sparrow View Post
Unless your name's Petula .
We use the phrase "going down town" to mean "going into town" (eg to do some shopping or go drinking). That definition would fit in with that song, but "down town" isn't a noun, and doesn't have the same meaning as it does in America. A direct translation of "downtown" in that context would be "inner city" or "town centre".
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