>>>>>Back in NJ, we always said we were "going down the shore" when you were going to the beach, even though in almost all cases it was east.
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>>>>Quick! Delete that before Dragan starts a language rant for next week on our dropping "to" from the expression! :-)
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>>>>FWIW in England one "goes down the pub", etc, too.
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>>>In addition to going down the shore, New Yorkers get "on line" instead of "in line" when they join a queue.
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>>I'm surprised that you've used the word "queue"
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>Just wanted to be sure you understand what I meant.

You've probably noticed that I pay much attention to American stuff.

>Don't forget I spent about a year working in England.
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>Getting a little late over there, isn't it?

c. 11:30. Someone left the 'puter on, telly stinks, so I thought I'd have a little look-in for 5 mins, and found a shed-load of messages. As fast as I answer them new ones (like yours) keep coming through. :-)

Funny that you guys don't use queue though, esp. as you all know of, say, queueing theory