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, at 10:46:50 on Sat, 15 Jun 2013, Recliner
remarked:
Spend some time in London; you will become accustomed to the
vernacular.

For locals it always used to be "going up to town" for the West End etc.

That's true, but we refer to the city as a whole.

Who are "we". Surely not the ones who refer to Central London as a whole
as "Town"?
--
Roland Perry