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		gooseyman on April 19, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why do ships use “port” and “starboard” instead of... I'm interested in the about the phrasing "in the next left/right." Are you located in the US? I moved from the mid-west to NYC and learned a fun regional language difference about waiting with others: Those from the NYC area say that they are "standing on line" whereas I had grown up saying "standing in line." That little in vs. on sounds so different!

SoapSeller on April 20, 2023 [–]

Not at all (: That took place in Israel.

I've used mostly word by word translation from Hebrew as I didn't intuitively found "right" translation that will convey the same idea.

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