Also meet a lot of people out and about who say they've come 'up' to Brighton for the weekend, yet they've come from up north somewhere.
On a another note... which of the following is correct:
'Less haste, more speed'
'More haste, less speed'
I've always said the first one, meaning if you...
I've definitely heard people say it around here, but not too often.
Your post reminded me of something else I hate... When people say they are going 'down' somewhere, when it's clearly not down! Like "I'm going down to London this weekend."