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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: in line vs on line tsuwm #202176 08/30/11 05:09 PM Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 4 E Eccles stranger Eccles stranger E Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 4 In England we queue, or queue up. We might stand in a queue, but never on it. I suggest that the original poster is hearing a dialect in which 'in' is pronounced 'n' which sounds a bit like 'on'. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted in line vs on line Velveeta 08/30/11 11:19 AM Re: in line vs on line tsuwm 08/30/11 12:05 PM Re: in line vs on line Eccles 08/30/11 05:09 PM Re: in line vs on line Tromboniator 08/30/11 05:49 PM Re: in line vs on line LukeJavan8 08/30/11 03:36 PM Re: in line vs on line Eccles 08/30/11 06:24 PM Re: in line vs on line BranShea 08/30/11 07:04 PM Re: in line vs on line Faldage 08/31/11 12:34 AM Re: in line vs on line Jackie 08/31/11 04:25 AM Re: in line vs on line Faldage 08/31/11 08:52 AM Re: in line vs on line Candy 08/31/11 12:15 PM Re: in line vs on line zmjezhd 08/31/11 12:37 PM Re: in line vs on line LukeJavan8 08/31/11 03:32 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts229,892 Members9,197 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish, Renegade98 9,197 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 357 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) A C Bowden 29 wofahulicodoc 24 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,893 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,947 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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