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> When I was growing up in America, people said they "had to stand in line" but now they say "had to stand on line" Is this a generational/regional thing? I'm
by brendoelfrendo 4y ago
> When I was growing up in America, people said they "had to stand in line" but now they say "had to stand on line"
Is this a generational/regional thing? I'm an East Coast millennial and I never hear people say "stand on line."
The "in a minute" example I believe comes from AAVE, if it was present in The Wire it was probably common in the Baltimore lexicon long before that show hit HBO.
- labrador 4y agoFor those wondering like me, AAVE is "African American Vernacular Language"
- labrador 4y agoThis is a case where I wish the person that downvoted me would leave a comment. What did I do wrong?
- danieltillett 4y agoThe E in AAVE is English not Language.
- mason55 4y agoAFAIK, stand “on” line is pretty much an NYC thing
- labrador 4y agoPeople in the Bay Area of California all started saying it too
- unclewalter 4y agoFrom Juba to Jive[0]: "In a minute (1980s-1990s) in the future, perhaps a month from the time said, but not immediately. (Southern city use)" [0] - Juba to Jive edited by Clarence Major
- labrador 4y agoFascinating. My white bread daughter who lives in the Sierra Nevada mountains used the term the other day with me on the phone so I know it's arrived https://www.amazon.com/Juba-Jive-Dictionary-African-American-Reference/dp/014051306X https://www.amazon.com/Juba-Jive-Dictionary-African-American...