[Rhodes22-list] amazing develoment re ethanol ?

[elle]

I'm from NY.

I say waiting "In line."

My grandparents did the Ellis island thing. Don't know
whether they said 'in' or "on" line as whatever they
said, it was in Italian...

What say you about someone who is waiting 'on'
someone, rather than waiting 'for' them....

Colloquialisms, all.

;^)

elle


--- Herb Parsons <hparsons at parsonsys.com> wrote:

> John's from New York.
> I can tell.
> You can tell a Texan if they say "I'm fixin' to do
> something".
> You can tell a New Yorker if they say "I have to
> wait ON line" instead 
> of "IN line".
> 
> I noticed the terminology a long time ago, but never
> knew why, until I 
> did some computer work for the NYPD a few years
> back. I did a tourist 
> thing, and the tour guide mentioned the phrase, and
> said it came from 
> the immigrant movement rush in NYC, when immigrants
> were told to "stand 
> on the line" (a literal painted line on the floor)
> on Ellis Island.
> 
> john Belanger wrote:
> > yeah, but how long will i have to wait on line?
> ;-))
> >
> > stan <stan at rhodes22.com> wrote:  as long as this
> is a current topic, "Machine Design" a trade
> publication just came in the office and they have a
> page article on "A better way to make ethanol" where
> they end up saying "the resulting fuel should cost
> about $1 a gallon". Amazing if true.
> >
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