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stereoscott

macrumors newbie
Jun 1, 2009
20
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on line vs in line

interesting that people from new york say "on line" instead of "in line"
 

md63

macrumors 6502
Jun 11, 2007
264
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Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 4_0_1 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/532.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0.5 Mobile/8A306 Safari/6531.22.7)

I picked up a 32gb ATT 3G black at the ATT store on Upper East Side. Apparently they had 8 of various types and took names as people came in. I walked in at 4:30pm and left at 5pm. I really didn't plan to buy one but the wait was so short. Maybe I'll sell it or return it later.
 

stereoscott

macrumors newbie
Jun 1, 2009
20
1
ya, really interesting, and I'm wondering where you learned the proper use and context of the english language?

People in the northeast say "on line" and the rest of the country says in line. One of those soda/pop things that makes grammar interesting. Some say this trend started when immigrants first arrived on ellis island...as they were literally waiting on a painted line, but who really knows....:apple:
 
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