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Re: NOT the Queen's English
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Mon, 12 Mar 2001 23:40:09 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Maggie Cambron wrote:
> I know this is not improper but it always jars me when my NLS, who hails from
> Long Island, talks about having to stand "on line" at the post office or bank.
> Is this peculiar to New Yorkers or do people say it up and down the whole
> East Coast?
I think they get it from across the pond. They just can't bring themselves
to go whole hog, and stand on queue.
Steve
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| (...) supposably libary I know this is not improper but it always jars me when my NLS, who hails from Long Island, talks about having to stand "on line" at the post office or bank. Is this peculiar to New Yorkers or do people say it up and down the (...) (24 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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