zshivan@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 months agoTIL Metro New Yorkers tend to say they stand on line, whereas most other New York State and American English speakers tend to stand in line.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square19linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Metro New Yorkers tend to say they stand on line, whereas most other New York State and American English speakers tend to stand in line.en.wikipedia.orgzshivan@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 months agomessage-square19linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoI lived in NYC for over a decade and I never heard anyone say “stand on line”.
minus-squareZachariah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agowhen I’m browsing the web but don’t have a chair
minus-squareApollosArrow@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoGrew up here and it’s for sure a thing. It may vary by borough, but we use both. We also have to account that sayings do change over time, and the more people move to NYC, the less you may hear of older phrases.
I lived in NYC for over a decade and I never heard anyone say “stand on line”.
when I’m browsing the web but don’t have a chair
Grew up here and it’s for sure a thing. It may vary by borough, but we use both. We also have to account that sayings do change over time, and the more people move to NYC, the less you may hear of older phrases.