Edit: according to comments, it may not be true or maybe partially true.
From New York and definitely say “on line.” Not going to gatekeep, I know people say it different ways, but also shocked others here saying they’ve never heard it. Its very common.
But are they on the bus or in it?
That makes me wonder if it is tied to the fact that you walk onto it like a train. The train or bus being a moving platform while the roof being irrelevant, as the second floor of the bus may not even have a roof. It would make sense to say you got in the bus though…
On the bus! (Although autocorrect would have you believe “In”)
Nah
One that DOES grind my gears as a former NY resident is “based off [something]”
I base things ON something, not off.
Hmm I don’t believe I have ever put together that they were both used, but I have heard both now that you mention it.
I grew up in upstate NY (not terribly far upstate - less than an hour drive from the city), and I say “in line” just like everyone else in that town.
