Pat Zeitoun (pwz@tca.net)
Wed, 22 Dec 1999 13:39:13 -0600
Enrique Bird [ebird@gmgroup.com]
Enrique,,
Yes 'el centro' is the center, but in the Spanish as spoken
in Texas and certainly northern Mexico, 'el centro' is the
center of the town or city. It can be the commercial,
cultural or a center with residences as well, makes no
difference, it is what we call, 'downtown'. In English we can
and do use other designations, city central, etc. None of
which have anything to do with geography.
Now to confuse the issue even more, I know of no translation
of our
'uptown'. Uptown refers to the high rent, high dollar part of
a city. For example, 'moving uptown' refers to getting a
raise into another income bracket, and not necessarily a
geographic move - although almost always a physical move is a
part of it.
Cheers,
PatZ
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