I think you will find stating "ready in turn" is a good phrase as sometimes the twr guys get very busy when handling grnd & twr together as one freq & they are distracted & believe yr the next to take off when in fact you are behind another A/C. I have had this exact situation & told to line up, hard to do when I am No2 in line!
Look ALL of us use non std R/T procedures from time to time, when under duress we all tend to say things that are different, humans we are not machines & often act accordingly to the situation at hand. BUT having said that there are some atrocious R/T procedures from pvt toy planes right the way up to international jet carriers.
The "KISS" method works well say as little as possible if safe to do so:-)
Wmk2