I grew up in Sandwich, where everything except Bourne, Mashpee and Falmouth is down Cape. It's a direction, not a place.Most of the directional bits seem to be simply eliding a preposition: "going down [to] the Cape," or [to the] cella, or whereva, or "in[to] Town."
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re: Down Cape
By Jared
Thu, 11/10/2005 - 9:13pm
Close, but Cape Codders refer to it as the Lower Cape, for the northern part, mid-cape for Hyannis/Yarmouth, and Upper Cape for Bourne/Falmouth.
re: Down Cape
By Mark
Fri, 03/17/2006 - 1:42am
you go down the cape but when going into Boston you say I'm heading intown
re: Down Cape
By Tom
Mon, 05/26/2008 - 2:03pm
I grew up in Sandwich, where everything except Bourne, Mashpee and Falmouth is down Cape. It's a direction, not a place.Most of the directional bits seem to be simply eliding a preposition: "going down [to] the Cape," or [to the] cella, or whereva, or "in[to] Town."
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