I can understand why you write something 'down', because as you write, the text goes down the page. But why then do we have a write-up?
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Why do you write down a write-up and not vice versa? [migrated]
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I can understand why you write something 'down', because as you write, the text goes down the page. But why then do we have a write-up?

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