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  1. Johnnieguy

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    So, I'm from the midwest and my mother is from the east coast. In these parts of the country, we "stand in line", but out east (particularly, NYC) apparently people "stand on line". And if I'm not mistaken, in Europe, people "queue".

    So what do you do? Stand in line? Stand on line? Queue? Something else?

    How about other phrases? (ie, do you go to college, or do you go to university?)
     
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    Yes, we tend to do a lot of things "on" instead of "in". For instance, I live ON Long Island, not in Long Island xD

    http://www.emptyclosets.com/forum/showthread.php?t=24199
    This thread also is the same basic idea, although a year old almost. :slight_smile:

    (wasn't trying to kill your thread, just trying to add info to it xD)
     
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    I would probably say ON Long Island too, instead of IN.

    And no worries..I actually was anticipating a mod wanting to move the thread to chit chat, since I put it on E&T by mistake.
     
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    ^ If you want that to happen, I'll move it :slight_smile:
     
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    Stand in Queue.
     
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    Go ahead and move it. :slight_smile:
     
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    Here we stand in line ("line up" would probably be more common), or queue (or sometimes "queue up"). Never heard "stand on line".
     
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    ^ I've used In line and On Line. I think we use On Line more. "I'm standing on line to get into the fuckin movie, when are you gonna get here!?" xD Yeah
     
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    Stand in line.
     
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    In Canada jerkin' off is sometimes referred to as "pulling your goalie."

    ... or maybe that's just me.
     
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    Here people say warsh not wash which really ticks me off cause there is no r in wash.
     
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    That's just you! :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes: Silly Canadians...
     
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    South Park doesn't lie. We actually DO say "sweet" and "dude" still.

    Lex
     
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    In the South people sometimes use the word "country" as an adjective...as in "he's real country," or "them people's country folk," or "I'll get real country on yo ass." Also, if you're asking someone where they live (ie- where their house or apartment is) you can ask "where you stay at?" Or I've heard people say "he don' fell out" meaning the person being described just fell or fainted. Or sometimes people (especially women) say "oh bless her heart" as an exclaimation, as in "bless her heart, she was so nice to my mother today." When people refer to "barbecue," they usually mean pulled pork or ribs (most often pulled pork in the area I reside in). Or one could say "I'm fixin' to (fill in the blank)" to convey that you're about to do something- as in "are y'all fixin' ta leave?". Or if you want to ask someone to repeat what they said, you could ask "say wHut now?" I could probably think of many other local phrases...:grin:
     
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    And when I lived in the south, I lived "smack dab" in the middle of Asheville, and went "whole hog" into anything I was passionate about. :slight_smile:

    Now, in California, a lot of people are "hella" crazy with their use of language, and I find that there are a lot of "janky" houses and cars in some areas of Sacramento.

    But when I lived in the DC area, I did indeed "warsh" my car. I've since learned to pronounce that word correctly.
     
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    I have never heard "stand on line" unless there is an actual line on the ground which we are suppose to stand on. xD
     
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    In Tucson, making a U-turn is sometimes called "flipping a bitch"
     
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    This thread is fun!
    But anyway.

    In the south (or at least my south) instead of shopping cart we say buggy. I'm sure I could think of more but I'm really sleepy. edogs334 seems to have hit it right on the head for us southern folk.

    But I promise that we speak with decent grammar as well. We don't always butcher the english language. Lol.
     
    #18 Mind Freak, Feb 28, 2010
  19. Swamp56

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    Either "stay in line" or "stand in line".
     
    #19 Swamp56, Feb 28, 2010
  20. paco

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    psh i say "dude" so much that i have trouble learning people's names because i don't use them.
     
    #20 paco, Feb 28, 2010
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