2022-07-26

Up Over, vs Down Under

I Guess I am from the land 'Up Over'

There is the saying that refers to Australia and New Zealand and 'Down Under' that was coined by European explorers for it being the lands they found Down Under in the southern hemisphere under Asia.  While clearly rooted in the Euro self superiority of the age of the European Hordes swarming the planet, we are clearly now in the ebb and decline of age. 

Now those were not foreground thoughts when helping a newish contributor's post out of a spam trap. On checking this person to make sure they were there for the reasons of this forum in question, I noticed they were in Australia.  As part of releasing their post, I gave some feed back about it and welcomed them to the community, to keep up the good work, and then the silly idea popped into my head. As a friendly bit I asked if they call us northerners (such as I in Canada) as being Up Over?

The response: "Love the question lol. I'm totally going to start referring it to as Up Over now."

I see from some searching that it has been used before, in addition to some other meanings. So my thought isn't original in any way as it is obvious enough. 

Will the phrase get any traction?  Perhaps.  Either way at least a few of us can have fun with it. 
  And if it does spread, it shows how the Eurocentric world view is fading.