I am from Northern Ireland and I have never heard this expression used in Ireland,do any of you out there actually use it or have any of you heard it used anywhere except in the movies ?
2006-09-04 21:05:46 · 22 answers · asked by any 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
kim marie - you may have just answered my question very well,something I had never thought of actually !
2006-09-04 21:13:07 · update #1
I am actually 40 and have travelled all over Ireland for many years,I have friends from Donegal to Cork and I have never heard this spoken except by tourists or in the movies !
2006-09-05 03:26:05 · update #2
It's from New York and Boston Irish ... the imigrants used it. Especially, New York. It ended up in vaudeville and then movies. My family is from Cork, County Cork......those that were fotunate to have personal maid or butler jobs used it there to greet the family ..... source ..... great grandmas diary ....
2006-09-04 21:11:09 · answer #1 · answered by masterwitchphd 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have never heard it being used but I understand that it is a southern Ireland greeting. It should be "the top of the morning to you". The response should be "and the rest of the day to you". As to what it means I have no idea.
2006-09-04 21:15:14 · answer #2 · answered by wayforwardhow 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have two good friends who are Irish, both from Dublin, one over here and one still living in Dublin, the only time I have heard either of them say 'top of the morn'n' is when someone asks them to say it to them, been to Dublin lots of times and I can honestly say I have never heard Irish people say it while I've been there, guess its just one of them things, I live in Yorkshire and we had some nice Americans visiting our area recently and they seemed to think all Yorkshire people wore flat caps and spoke the old Yorkshire dialect, these movie makers have a lot to answer for.
2006-09-05 01:20:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I get the impression that you are quite young and live in a terminology era using words like "cool" etc. Ireland north and south in the past (pre computer, pre mobile phones) had the "top of the morn'n" saying and I must confess it was nice to be greeted by such early in the morning.
2006-09-04 22:51:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Im English but worked in Ireland for a long time, I used to greet people with Top o' the morn'n' all the time.... used to annoy a lot op people.
2006-09-04 22:14:05 · answer #5 · answered by jademonkey 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
im from northern ireland my self and have travled up and down ireland and never once heard it used in a real convo
2006-09-04 21:15:05 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Never heard it used other than in films or tv programmes. Maybe you could start a trend/revival and use it at least twice a day just to see if it catches on?
2006-09-04 21:08:25 · answer #7 · answered by seaside_girl_03 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I have heard it said...but always in reference of the Irish.
I've learned my lesson.
Just goes to show...ignorance...just like everyone in California is either rich or a celebrity. And we are not all blonde haired blue eyed and say "Woah!" and "Dude!"
2006-09-04 21:14:39 · answer #8 · answered by Gothic Martha™ 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Never heard it said except when my dad goes back home, and he thinks its hilariously funny... but in truth its very irritating
2006-09-05 00:15:35 · answer #9 · answered by Misty 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I Heard it when i went to Dublin for the weekend last year!
2006-09-04 21:12:27 · answer #10 · answered by BLUE 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋