"Straight the way" - grammatically correct?

[Aniles]

Ok, now this is a really boring, unimportant question but it's bugged me for a long time. Saying this in a sentence eg 'go to the shop straight the way' (rather than straight away) always sounds wrong to me but I hear so many people say this so often, including teachers and people who speak very eloquently that I'm starting to think it must be grammatically correct, but I can't understand why it sounds wrong to me. I know this is a really daft question so don't want to embarrass myself by asking someone I know, and I'm absolutely sure that if anyone can tell me the answer, it's a mner.
So, is 'straight the way' grammatically correct or not?

GOT IT!! It is the one I first thought of. I was there from, er, well, 1966 till about 1971, when I moved over to the other one.

Other one? Gimme a clue

I was there from 76 - 82, btw.

Friend is contemplating dragging up her two ds's, the school has such a good reputation

ex corde caritas

but as you're a spring chicken, the Newington bit would have closed by the time you started school, I think - so that was a red herring

I never knew that school had their prep school in Newington. Whereabouts?

Must say the only other schools we concerned ourselves with were the ones for young gentlemen.

Think we've already hijacked, Jura

thank you, jura - will go there! It's such a shortcoming of the "threads I'm on" that you don't catch updates by other people!

AmScot, the junior ladies' bit, before it all joined up to be co-ed, was somewhere down to the west of Newington Road. Can't remember exactly where now

Marina, does it do boys now? In my day [she croaks] boys were welcome only in the nursery.

It was nursery only in my day, but now boys can go up to age 8, I think. I don't think there are any plans for extending it. The ethos is very geared towards providing education for girls specifically.

No. Because of the 8 cut-off they are at a Gothic pile skulking behind Greyfriars Kirkyard...

According to Google, GWLC was in George Square, so it must be a university building by now.

My nephews went to that gothic pile.

Yes, the (beautiful) George Sq building (that was the senior girls' bit) went over to the Uni in about 1975 & then the whole school converged in Colinton. Maybe that was when they closed the junior girls, which was, I think, on St. Alban's Road.

Aniles, can I apologise for the wild diversions?

Lol that's fine Binkie
I got my answer anyway, I think! Well, Marina said the answer is no, and no one has disagreed with her

I've heard it used quite a lot since I came to Edinburgh, but never heard it in England. That help?

tamum, have you seen the cry for help from NQC re: knitting her hat? (have you been away? )

just to continue the surreal hijackery, tamum, when I was up mum mentioned she has been exchanging e-mails with yours

I have thanks, and replied (MI made me, grumble grumble ). Yes, just got back from Dorset and Woolley Grange, had a lovely time thanks.

This is getting rather surreal, isn't it? (my stepchildren went there to the place you're discussing too BTW!). Yes, my mother said so too- it's really nice that they're in touch

Although this question was asked some considerable time ago, I thought I'd give what I believe to be the correct explanation as to why some people use the term 'straight the way' and others 'straight away'.. Like Aniles, who posed the original question, I too have puzzled over which term is grammatically correct but have come to the conclusion that each term does in fact have a slightly different meaning..
The term 'straight the way' implies that you should carry out a task without diversion from a direct path, regardless of when the task is undertaken, whereas the term 'straight away' implies that a task is carried out immediately and without delay or hesitation..
As is often the case with this wonderful language of ours, certain words and terms are frequently used inappropriately, yet over time they become acceptable and commonplace. To conclude, I do hope my personal view on the matter is helpful, although I must apologise for not posting my reply straight away... or should that be straight the way???