zshivan@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 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-24 days agomessage-square22linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCatoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·4 days agoI lived in NYC for years and I don’t think I ever heard this. I’ll have to ask a family member that grew up in the Bronx which they say
minus-squareXelaReko@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·4 days agoCan confirm that this is extremely common in Brooklyn & Queens, and very confusing when I first encountered it. I am now married to a NYC native whose whole family says this.
I lived in NYC for years and I don’t think I ever heard this. I’ll have to ask a family member that grew up in the Bronx which they say
Can confirm that this is extremely common in Brooklyn & Queens, and very confusing when I first encountered it. I am now married to a NYC native whose whole family says this.