zshivan@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-27 days 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-square22linkfedilinkarrow-up187arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up182arrow-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-27 days agomessage-square22linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·7 days agoI lived in NYC for over a decade and I never heard anyone say “stand on line”.
minus-squareZachariah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·7 days agowhen I’m browsing the web but don’t have a chair
minus-squareApollosArrow@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 days 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.
minus-squareStop Forgetting It@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days agoMy bff is from NY, born in the 70s left in the 2000s. She and her parents say on line, but its only something I’ve heard people our age and older say.
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.
My bff is from NY, born in the 70s left in the 2000s. She and her parents say on line, but its only something I’ve heard people our age and older say.