WWAWD saying "on line" instead of "in line"?

[Smeckler's Powder]

More and more I'm noticing fuckers saying they are on line when they are standing in line.

 

[Rutherford_b_Blaze]

Is that a New York thing?

 

[Patrick O'Neal]

"in a queue" or "queuing up"

tyfys.

 

[Stent]

Wichita Lineman, comment?

 

[BonnieMcFarlaneMe2]

Is that a New York thing?

I think it’s a Jersey thing too. Artie says it too and I never heard it until listening to OnA. It’s definitely not an upstate NY thing.

 

[guest]

Outside of long Island and the nyc area nobody says that dumb shit

 

[guest]

Idiocracy-type shit...witnessing the decline of grammar and speech in real time

You wait"in line" because "on line" means you're literally waiting on a physical line (perhaps drawn on the ground?).

Dan Mullen works "in" Sales...not "on Sales" (which implies his work is on the subject/topic of Sales, like a researcher).

Atleast the Brits "queue up" and skip all the nonsense.

 

[PatsDeadLizard]

If you say “on line” I automatically assume you have a 1.2 GPA

 

[Stetten's Long Thumbers]

Long Island retards

 

[Jims_Maroon_Pants]

More and more I'm noticing fuckers saying they are on line when they are standing in line.

New York city area faggots say this

 

[guest]

Probably something a bunch of wops and niggers picked up in prison and smoothbrains copied it thinking it's cool.

 

[Smeckler's Powder]

Damn it probably is New Yokers...I remember Opester saying it and it was Curb Your Enthusiasm the other day that reminded me of it again. Fucking dumb

 

[Lamont & Tonelli]

If there's a line on the ground and you're standing on it, it's accurate but you're retarded for needing a line to stand on. Otherwise, you are in line, or in a line if you're not into the whole brevity thing. Brit usage is good, but Americans saying "queueing up" is British Pat faggot shit. It's a tough one, man. Genuinely.

 

[NortheastPhilly]

One time I asked this lady at Walgreens if she was in line, and she goes “Im not Q-ing” in a british accent and I realized the world had passed me by

 

[Cyberatorquer]

Atleast the Brits "queue up" and skip all the nonsense.

Queue is a French (Normand) loan-word, therefore a socio-linguistic downgrade to New Jersey Pidgin.

 

[Stetten's Long Thumbers]

One time I asked this lady at Walgreens if she was in line, and she goes “Im not Q-ing” in a british accent and I realized the world had passed me by

Should've smack that cunt in her face twat

 

[Stent]

I've heard Gail Bennington say "on line" several times.



Then she ruined the conversation and did a giggle while everyone else had to sit quietly for a moment before acting like it wasn't annoying.

 

[Rutherford_b_Blaze]

I've heard Gail Bennington say "on line" several times.



Then she ruined the conversation and did a giggle while everyone else had to sit quietly for a moment before acting like it wasn't annoying.

She needs to get roofied again