I've noticed what sounds like a lot of people waiting for gas in the NY, NJ area say they are waiting "on line" rather than "in line". Up there, did people used to have to wait for things on an actual painted line and this just carried on in the lingo through the decades? Or is my hearing just bad and they are saying "in line"?
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