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RE: "Live in"
December 23, 2019 at 6:48 pm
(December 23, 2019 at 6:44 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: (December 23, 2019 at 3:04 pm)Brian37 Wrote: I live on North Carolina, that is my story, and I am sticking to it, just like ABBA.
ABBA live in North Carolina? Must be quite a change for them.
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No - they live 'on' North Carolina. Ya know - gravity and all that.
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RE: "Live in"
December 23, 2019 at 8:12 pm
(December 23, 2019 at 6:48 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: (December 23, 2019 at 6:44 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: ABBA live in North Carolina? Must be quite a change for them.
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No - they live 'on' North Carolina. Ya know - gravity and all that.
Nah, just look at ‘em - they’re tunnelers. Definitely tunnelers.
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RE: "Live in"
December 23, 2019 at 11:31 pm
Sorry, but there's no vacuum above the ground. The air is part of the state. I live in the air that is part of the state of Missouri.
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RE: "Live in"
December 24, 2019 at 12:43 am
One lives "in" an area described by some kind of boundary. A state line or the city limits would be salient examples. I think Brain putting this in the "Humor" section is an unintentional funny of some sort, though.
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