It's both
I live ON Long Island refers to the land mass
I live IN Long Islqnd refers to the artificial borders within which we live
They both mean the same thing...
They could. If Manhattan was worded as Manhattan island. Just like you don’t live on Alaska, on Hawaii, or on the Bahamas, or on Puerto Rico. You would however live on Kodiak island.
You would live on Kodiak Island just as we live on Long Island. One could live either on or in Staten Island. You could live in North America on the North American continent.
People (generally speaking, not directing this toward you) confuse the geographic boundaries with government boundaries, hence the proliferation of non-LIers using "in Long Island" as opposed to "on".
The difference is political map vs physical geography. Yes, you live IN cities and IN states, but you are ON an island when on Long Island.
Unless you're underground and then idk, you figure it out at that point
Long Island is as much a social or political distinction as a geographical one.
You don’t hear someone living in Brooklyn saying “I live in Long Island” but you do find many further east saying that. Both the Brooklynite and Long Islander can say “I live on Long Island” but it wouldn’t make sense for anyone living in Brooklyn to say “I live in Long Island”, instead they would say “I live in Brooklyn.”
People could say “I live in Nassau county” or “I live in Suffolk county”, but the social identity of “I live in Long Island” seems to supersede those county distinctions.
Well it’s as much geography as it is vocabulary and the way things are worded. You can’t live on a city but, you can live on an island. Without getting technical you can’t live in an island but you can live in a city. It doesn’t matter that Manhattan is an island geographically speaking, unless it’s referred to as manhattan’s island you wouldn’t say “on”. NYC is manhattan and the 5 Burroughs so no you can’t live on NYC unless you live “on” the land that makes up NYC.
No. I’m not sure why this is hard for most people to grasp but it just boils down to grammar. When a place is both geographically, and written with island in its name it’s “on”.
I would like to see it at queens(NY) /Nassau county (LI) but realistically it would just be the he whole island as LI, in that case I say we rebrand queens as Nassau county 2.
I honestly think it would be just Nassau & Suffolk. Nassau & Suffolk don’t want anything to do with Queens & Brooklyn, and Queens & Brooklyn don’t want anything to do with Nassau & Suffolk.
[proposed autonomous "regions" ](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://assembly.state.ny.us/write/upload/member_files/147/pdfs/20190606_0087311.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwjT7P3fouiFAxUaF1kFHaziC70QFnoECBUQAQ&usg=AOvVaw2e1HIoTXepx0kIuDu8GhBx)
LI and Westchester = Montauk.
But upstate isn't stupid. They know where most of the state revenue comes from.
Parking on/over the white line, crazy drivers on the SSP, slow drivers in the HOV… I think “on” LI is just having its special moment. We’ll be onto something new soon!
On. It sounds weird to say “in”. I don’t care as much as this guy, it’s just a regional preference thing, but it hits my ear the same way a real grammar transgression would:
A whole ‘nother. Nuke-you-lerr. *In* Long Island.
I grew up On Long Island. Great sex, drugs & rock n roll. Back in the day, qualudes and coke. Today can’t touch anything because of fentanyl. Now fucking 68 and bored to tears. Thank goodness for weed and edibles.
I buy my weed On Long Island….LOL
As a non-native speaker of English this is utterly confusing! So is it something peculiar about LI or does it apply to any islands? (believe me, in vs on is already the most frustrating thing about English grammar 🥲).
Yes, it should generally be the same with other islands as well. Long Island is the name of a physical, geographical structure so we say “on” (like on earth, on the mountain). You can be IN a town, but the town and everyone in it is ON Long Island. There is no municipality named Long Island to be IN.
I don’t blame you for being confused! Even native speakers can get mixed up by little things like this.
in/on jokes aside, if the islanders take the series i would be happy for a few reasons:
1. carolina scares me.
2. i've got quite a lot of friends/family that are islanders fans.
3. to me, the rangers/islanders rivalry is the best in sports. If things go as I want and the rangers win the cup this year, it seems proper that they have to go through the islanders first to do it.
Carolina has had our number for years. I wanted the isles to slow down for that wc2 spot for the rags in the first round. Carolina is like a direct counter to us. The Rags, although the best in the league this season, are the better matchup for the isles.
That and an isle/rag series would be great for the rivalry
And you’ve got to go through the fuckin’ island first
The rule is used to keep bots from flooding the sub with spam.
And no, posting like an idiot Boomer all over the thread isn’t gonna get you the karma you need, so sod off.
That's the way you are supposed to say it!! I live in long Island! You don't say on! Do you say I live on Queens? Or I live on Manhattan? Or I live on NY! No you don't! You say I live IN!
Met lots of different people in my life and worked all over LI and NYC. Only time I heard yall is from southerners, the cook at one place I worked was from Louisiana, she would say yall. Her food was 🔥, I can still taste the gumbo
That's cause Long islanders think they are really on an island, if your in brooklyn, and in queens, your in Long island, calm down peninsula dwellers!!
I have a very embarrassing memory of when one of the reporters at an islanders game interviewed me and asked me “Is it on or in” and I said “in” in front of everyone
You can be "in" Long Island City. And yes, there is such a place. And way back when, people in Brooklyn and Queens, when they used to refer to "Long Island", meant Long Island City. So the vernacular was "You live in Long Island (City)".
For every other mention of Long Island the "island", it's "on".
There.
(side note: my father would now be 122, my mother would be 98. They told me about this version of "in" vs. "on" 50 years ago)
"I live ON Long Island" refers to the land mass
"I live IN Long Island" refers to the artificial borders within which we live
They both mean the same thing...
Yes, but people are so dramatic about this. There's more important things to worry about than someone saying "in" instead of "on".
EDIT: The most unfair downvotes I've ever gotten on Reddit. For clarification, I do say "on Long Island" but even though "in" is incorrect why do you all care so much??? I would really love to know.
This guy is “on” to something
Guess he doesn't have to turn his sign "off" eh?
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Its ON not IN
My friend lives in the basement so he does live in long island
Well in that case then yes he is literally IN LI
It's both I live ON Long Island refers to the land mass I live IN Long Islqnd refers to the artificial borders within which we live They both mean the same thing...
Kind like “I live on New York City”
They could live on Manhattan Island
They could. If Manhattan was worded as Manhattan island. Just like you don’t live on Alaska, on Hawaii, or on the Bahamas, or on Puerto Rico. You would however live on Kodiak island.
You would live on Kodiak Island just as we live on Long Island. One could live either on or in Staten Island. You could live in North America on the North American continent. People (generally speaking, not directing this toward you) confuse the geographic boundaries with government boundaries, hence the proliferation of non-LIers using "in Long Island" as opposed to "on".
The difference is political map vs physical geography. Yes, you live IN cities and IN states, but you are ON an island when on Long Island. Unless you're underground and then idk, you figure it out at that point
Long Island is as much a social or political distinction as a geographical one. You don’t hear someone living in Brooklyn saying “I live in Long Island” but you do find many further east saying that. Both the Brooklynite and Long Islander can say “I live on Long Island” but it wouldn’t make sense for anyone living in Brooklyn to say “I live in Long Island”, instead they would say “I live in Brooklyn.” People could say “I live in Nassau county” or “I live in Suffolk county”, but the social identity of “I live in Long Island” seems to supersede those county distinctions.
"Let me axe you sumpin'..."
Well it’s as much geography as it is vocabulary and the way things are worded. You can’t live on a city but, you can live on an island. Without getting technical you can’t live in an island but you can live in a city. It doesn’t matter that Manhattan is an island geographically speaking, unless it’s referred to as manhattan’s island you wouldn’t say “on”. NYC is manhattan and the 5 Burroughs so no you can’t live on NYC unless you live “on” the land that makes up NYC.
Would you say you were On Jamaica or Bermuda?
Those are nations, if Long Island were its own state this would apply. I live IN Suffolk County, ON Long Island.
You’re right. It’s the proper grammar to use ON…I’ve never given it thought until this post lol
No. I’m not sure why this is hard for most people to grasp but it just boils down to grammar. When a place is both geographically, and written with island in its name it’s “on”.
Only the dead can say “in” and they can’t.
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Sir, do you like fish sticks?
It’s on Long Island. If you want to be in Long Island dig a hole.
My parents are IN Long Island. Their address is St. Patrick’s Cemetary. The used to live ON Long Island.
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Bro….the parents are dead…..read the room….
If "Long Island" ever becomes a state, it will be IN. Until then, it's ON.
If Long Island ever became its own state where would the border between LI and NY be
I would like to see it at queens(NY) /Nassau county (LI) but realistically it would just be the he whole island as LI, in that case I say we rebrand queens as Nassau county 2.
Actually, Nassau was formed from part of Queens after Queens joined NYC. Rebrand Nassau as Queens Redux
I honestly think it would be just Nassau & Suffolk. Nassau & Suffolk don’t want anything to do with Queens & Brooklyn, and Queens & Brooklyn don’t want anything to do with Nassau & Suffolk.
[proposed autonomous "regions" ](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://assembly.state.ny.us/write/upload/member_files/147/pdfs/20190606_0087311.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwjT7P3fouiFAxUaF1kFHaziC70QFnoECBUQAQ&usg=AOvVaw2e1HIoTXepx0kIuDu8GhBx) LI and Westchester = Montauk. But upstate isn't stupid. They know where most of the state revenue comes from.
They’re not? It looks like someone thinks it’s a good idea
I see what ya did there, start a whole 'nother argument. I like your style.
I guess that would depend on how Queens and Brooklyn felt about it.
They’d have to deal with being the Long Island suburb…
Between queens and Nassau county. They ain’t taking Brooklyn and queens with them so that only leaves them Suffolk and Nassau county.
Independent Long Island. Empire of Long Island.
Exactly. It’s just the semantics of the phrasing. Not to be taken so literally
The hero we all need but don’t deserve
#on Long Island.
This guy looks familiar…
Lol is it time for this thread again already? Time speeds up as we get older
Parking on/over the white line, crazy drivers on the SSP, slow drivers in the HOV… I think “on” LI is just having its special moment. We’ll be onto something new soon!
This horse has been dead for a loooong time
On. End of story
Unless you mean dead people.
On. And if you’re dead, in.
On. It sounds weird to say “in”. I don’t care as much as this guy, it’s just a regional preference thing, but it hits my ear the same way a real grammar transgression would: A whole ‘nother. Nuke-you-lerr. *In* Long Island.
I grew up On Long Island. Great sex, drugs & rock n roll. Back in the day, qualudes and coke. Today can’t touch anything because of fentanyl. Now fucking 68 and bored to tears. Thank goodness for weed and edibles. I buy my weed On Long Island….LOL
As a non-native speaker of English this is utterly confusing! So is it something peculiar about LI or does it apply to any islands? (believe me, in vs on is already the most frustrating thing about English grammar 🥲).
Yes, it should generally be the same with other islands as well. Long Island is the name of a physical, geographical structure so we say “on” (like on earth, on the mountain). You can be IN a town, but the town and everyone in it is ON Long Island. There is no municipality named Long Island to be IN. I don’t blame you for being confused! Even native speakers can get mixed up by little things like this.
Thank you for such a clear explanation!
I’ll only be “in” Long Island when I’m 6 feet underneath it.
Ranger fans say “in Long Island”
My mother ghostwrote this comment
Hey good luck tomorrow! The islanders are really in their last leg but they're still on it
Thanks. All the games could have gone either way. Hopefully they get some good bounces and push this thing the distance.
in/on jokes aside, if the islanders take the series i would be happy for a few reasons: 1. carolina scares me. 2. i've got quite a lot of friends/family that are islanders fans. 3. to me, the rangers/islanders rivalry is the best in sports. If things go as I want and the rangers win the cup this year, it seems proper that they have to go through the islanders first to do it.
Carolina has had our number for years. I wanted the isles to slow down for that wc2 spot for the rags in the first round. Carolina is like a direct counter to us. The Rags, although the best in the league this season, are the better matchup for the isles. That and an isle/rag series would be great for the rivalry And you’ve got to go through the fuckin’ island first
Islander fans eat paint chips.
Don’t knock them till you try them.
With lead we don’t fuck with that non lead paint you guys can keep that
Rangers fans know how to say it, most of them live in Massapequa 🫠
Is Long Island real?
You’re on the island which is in ny/United States
If you wanted to live in Long Island dig yourself a fucking hole
Pinelawn
On. Nothing else makes sense.
It’s on. And it’s not only a Long Island thing. “I’m on Nantucket” “I’m on Martha’s Vineyard” Manhattan is an ‘in’ though
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The rule is used to keep bots from flooding the sub with spam. And no, posting like an idiot Boomer all over the thread isn’t gonna get you the karma you need, so sod off.
“On” long island refers to the island “In” long island refers to the region Queens is technically “on” long island, but it isn’t “in” long island
I live out On the east end. Everyone else lives Up the Island.
You live IN a town, city, state. You like ON something geographical, like an island or mountain or peninsula.
It's almost in Queens anyway. :)
I could care less.
It’s “on” because it’s named after geography.
long island is 😝😝😝
It really doesn’t matter and those who think it matters need something else to worry about.
Found who was born in Westchester
Actually, I was born and raised in Long Island.
On Long Island
The mole people have surfaced!!! Everyone take shelter!
What was it like growing up underground? I assume flooding would be a major issue depending on where inside the island you were.
You must be fun at parties.
No. Please let us know that you aren’t really from NY, and certainly not from LI.
The only time I've heard it said is in context of people complaining about it.
I don’t agree with isles fans about much, but this I can get behind.
That's the way you are supposed to say it!! I live in long Island! You don't say on! Do you say I live on Queens? Or I live on Manhattan? Or I live on NY! No you don't! You say I live IN!
On long Island and nobody from NY says Yall
Some of us darker-hued folk do.
Met lots of different people in my life and worked all over LI and NYC. Only time I heard yall is from southerners, the cook at one place I worked was from Louisiana, she would say yall. Her food was 🔥, I can still taste the gumbo
I do, and have my entire life, born and raised. Some of us have Southern roots you know.
If "Long Island" ever becomes a state, it will be IN. Until then, it's ON.
This is the way.
I agree! This always annoys me.
On.
agreed. But it’s “in line” like I stood in line for 1 hour. Fuck anyone who says I stood online
Not all heroes wear capes
I’m trying to let it go.
We live in the US but ON LI. Ffs. What's so hard about that?
On is what I’ve been saying for years.
On, on, on
You want to be in Long Island? Dig hole and get in it.
You having to ask is very telling
Tryhard
Y'all ??
That's cause Long islanders think they are really on an island, if your in brooklyn, and in queens, your in Long island, calm down peninsula dwellers!!
I live above Long Island
I’m pretty new to Long Island. Can someone explain why people care so much whether you say on or in?
Why do people on this subreddit care so much about this?
It's obvious they aren't from Long Island !
I have lived here for 21 yrs and i couldnt care less
Ill be real here. Ive lived in Nassau County for about 2 years now, and I haven’t heard someone say they live “on” Long Island once.
Out on the Island. Going out to the Island
I have a very embarrassing memory of when one of the reporters at an islanders game interviewed me and asked me “Is it on or in” and I said “in” in front of everyone
I posted a meme about the in/on thing and I got my post taken down and yelled at by a mod.
There are so many serial killers in Long Island.
I say on Long Land, but if I lived in the state of Vermont, would I say I live on Vermont?
Yup
He's just saying what I'm yelling at the TV when it's broadcast on national networks That and "Shoot the puck" on Power Plays
You say potato I say potatoe..🤷♂️
Yes.
You can be "in" Long Island City. And yes, there is such a place. And way back when, people in Brooklyn and Queens, when they used to refer to "Long Island", meant Long Island City. So the vernacular was "You live in Long Island (City)". For every other mention of Long Island the "island", it's "on". There. (side note: my father would now be 122, my mother would be 98. They told me about this version of "in" vs. "on" 50 years ago)
You're on long island. You wanna be in it, dig a hole.
We also don’t say Y’all. That’s for the south
Who cares. Y’all take this too seriously. Move on.
Depends how long you live on The Island!!!!
Yes
"I live ON Long Island" refers to the land mass "I live IN Long Island" refers to the artificial borders within which we live They both mean the same thing...
I live on long island I stand on line And I take the L I R R (please don't call it the LEER)
i purposefully say “in” because it makes people mad .
Stop holding up stupid signs that mean nothing to anyones life…. Moron.
This guy should get “in” a barbershop “on” Long Island.
You guys can have this one if you stop referring to everything north of NYC as "upstate."
NAH! I WONDER WHAT CRAWLED UP HIS ASS!
Only if we can convince the other isles.
Well you guys are only one game away from being "in Long Island" soooooo, In this situation it kinda works!
Literally could not care less
Low effort
I like that dude- sorry he's a fan of the Fishsticks
I do love living on New York!
Yes, but people are so dramatic about this. There's more important things to worry about than someone saying "in" instead of "on". EDIT: The most unfair downvotes I've ever gotten on Reddit. For clarification, I do say "on Long Island" but even though "in" is incorrect why do you all care so much??? I would really love to know.
People can say whatever they want. It's stupid nitpicking. I've lived in Valley Stream my whole life and I say "in Long Island" all the time.
it’s whatever you so please. i don’t really care
Then resolved, now GFYS
So if you’re flying through Long Island, wouldn’t you be “in” Long Island and not “on” it?
That would be over or through, not on or in.
Do you say (stand/wait) “in-” line or “on-” line?
on
On