At this point, I'm more New Yorker than I am anything else. (My agent sold my book as "I'm From Everywhere.") But I will still tell you it's "in line" -- as in "waiting in line" -- not "on line." The New York Times knows it too, even if they are conducting this SILLY POLL so all of the native New Yorkers will say I'm wrong.
And don't even get me started about this ...
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Thank you! It's definitely IN line. UGH!
It's IN line but when you are on the phone you are ON THE LINE (altho there aren't really phone lines any more!)
Sorry Kenneth, maybe it's a native new Yorker thing. I grew up in Westchester (Yonkers, then White Plains) and to this internet-era day still say "on line" for when I am in a queue (as the Brits call it).
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