Has any irishman ever said...

BlitzKrieg

..."Top of the morning to you?"



seriously?



I get alot of jokes from people saying top of the mornin to me and personnally i find it to be most annoying phrase ever linked to ireland. And worse i have never heard a single person ever say it seriously from the four corners of the bloody island.





So have you ever heard anyone say it?

not as a joke now, just actually said it as a greeting?



-things just got worse for me tonight, cause the new harry potter film has it on a huge green sign with dancing leprachauns in one scene and none of my friends are leaving me alone about it.

RuggieBear

it was in some famous old hollywood film...that's where it started afaik

jimmidy_cricket

Nope, but I've also never heard an Aussie say "Streuth Shelia, stick another shrimp on the barbie" they don't even call them shrimps, they're prawns, same as here. So its just one of those things that most probably Americans came up with and it stuck

xzanti

Or heard an english man say "Morning Govna"

Bard

Yes, I've heard Irish people say that on occasion. I've also heard Irish people say "begorrah" and "Oh be the hokey"! (Seriously - and no, not 'Dr. Bill' from Gift Grub on Today FM, a real person!)

SexeeAussie

jimmidy_cricket wrote:

Nope, but I've also never heard an Aussie say "Streuth Shelia, stick another shrimp on the barbie" they don't even call them shrimps, they're prawns, same as here. So its just one of those things that most probably Americans came up with and it stuck

oh Streuth Jimmidy are ya kidding love? We are havin a barbie in the arvo tomorrow, bring ya esky full of coldies, bring ya bloke, the rug rats...you can all crash at our place...bring a coupla sleeping bags, the swag and a couple of pillows. Don't be a wuss, we'll get ****faced...the blokes can deal with the kids...and as for the prawns on the barbie, stuff that...we'll go a coupla snags, chops and some rissoles. She'll be right darlin......


hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

jimmidy_cricket

SexeeAussie wrote:

oh Streuth Jimmidy are ya kidding love? We are havin a barbie in the arvo tomorrow, bring ya esky full of coldies, bring ya bloke, the rug rats...you can all crash at our place...bring a coupla sleeping bags, the swag and a couple of pillows. Don't be a wuss, we'll get ****faced...the blokes can deal with the kids...and as for the prawns on the barbie, stuff that...we'll go a coupla snags, chops and some rissoles. She'll be right darlin......


hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

No worries mate, I'll rock up to yours with a few tinnies. Mighn't make for the arvo what with the 24hour flight and 6hour drive to Canberra but I'll be right! Love your country BTW, wish I was there..

Ruaidhri

BlitzKrieg wrote:

..."Top of the morning to you?"

Yes,i say this all the time

BlitzKreig wrote:

seriously?

Absolutely never

Setun

SexeeAussie wrote:

oh Streuth Jimmidy are ya kidding love? We are havin a barbie in the arvo tomorrow, bring ya esky full of coldies, bring ya bloke, the rug rats...you can all crash at our place...bring a coupla sleeping bags, the swag and a couple of pillows. Don't be a wuss, we'll get ****faced...the blokes can deal with the kids...and as for the prawns on the barbie, stuff that...we'll go a coupla snags, chops and some rissoles. She'll be right darlin......


hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Lmao. Sounds like Cath and Kim.

Maybe somebody employs people to say it to our pals the tourists. Just walkin around town until they see a map and a Guinness hat:
"Top o' the mornin to ya!!"

Or maybe Darby O' Gill was the originator of the myth?

Blisterman

jimmidy_cricket wrote:

Nope, but I've also never heard an Aussie say "Streuth Shelia, stick another shrimp on the barbie" they don't even call them shrimps, they're prawns, same as here. So its just one of those things that most probably Americans came up with and it stuck

Shrimp and prawns are different things.

jimmidy_cricket

Blisterman wrote:

Shrimp and prawns are different things.

Yeah I know but the saying is "Stick a shrimp on the barbie" when infact it should be a prawn on the barbie because a prawn in Ireland is the same as a prawn in Oz and you wouldn't put shrimp on a bbq in the States shrimp covers both (me thinks) but anyhow The saying "Stick a shrimp on the barbie" is never used... unless its a backpacker taking the mick out of an aucker but ye never hear an aussie saying it like ye never hear a Paddy sayin "Top o' the mornin to ye", although I use the phrase "be jaysus", as in "it frightened the be jaysus outta me"

TerrorFirmer

Nope, can't say I ever have!

I have heard people say things like "Will we have a cup o' scald" to foreigners though and other such cultural lingistic delights

Binomate

I say top of the mornin' or top O' the mornin' sometimes.

Kobayashi

...........and never heard a Scotsman say "hoots mon, there's a moose loose aboot this hoos!" either

Binomate

Kobayashi wrote:

...........and never heard a Scotsman say "hoots mon, there's a moose loose aboot this hoos!" either

Hahaha!

Sparky

Kobayashi wrote:

...........and never heard a Scotsman say "hoots mon, there's a moose loose aboot this hoos!" either

yeah Ben Dune and Phil McCracken

SexeeAussie

jimmidy_cricket wrote:

No worries mate, I'll rock up to yours with a few tinnies. Mighn't make for the arvo what with the 24hour flight and 6hour drive to Canberra but I'll be right! Love your country BTW, wish I was there..

G'day daaaarl, no need to bring the tinnies, you just bring the pav or a trifle. Maybe a packet of biccies for the kids. Make sure you wear your shorts and thongs..will be a scorcher! We can watch a replay of the footy and have a chin wag in the yard.

6 hours drive? From where? Out the back of Bourke???

haha

See ya in the arvo....bring ya speedos if ya want a dip in the pool.

abercrombie

SexeeAussie wrote:

...Make sure you wear your shorts and thongs..will be a scorcher!

i remember my australian friend saying that to me when we were in Florida...i was totally confused..then i found out thongs are flip flops

miss_gonzo

i just figured that was some rampid irish stereotype, i wouldnt expect to hear it if i was in ireland.

poobum

i have heard an aussi say "crikey ders a shark in the water" do!
funniest thing i ever heard!

Faith

I've never heard a french person say "Sacré bleu!" and I lived in France for a month

FatherTed

I've never heard anyone say "Howdy 'yawl" here in the US either though I havent spent much time down south.

NineMoons

When I lived in Scotland I accidentally said "to be sure, to be sure" to a Scot who nearly broke her heart laughing. I meant something like "to be doubly certain", not trailing off into "to be sure to be sure tooralooraloora" at the end of every sentence. But still.

And I had a friend from Wesht Clare who would talk to her parents saying things like "Whisht" and "Faith". I thought it was great! The rest of the time she sounded normal.

aidan_walsh

I say it everytime I have to phone the US helpdesk at work.

muckwarrior

Yeah, a guy I used to work with said it the whole time. But I believe that actually was the first Irish person I ever heard sayin it.

BlitzKrieg

hurt him...please.

Mr. CooL ICE

Best aussie quotes ever are all from Alf in Home And Away

SexeeAussie

LordChessington wrote:

Best aussie quotes ever are all from Alf in Home And Away

Crikey Chesso, are ya pullin me leg?? The blokes a hoot, but not as much of a cack as Kath n Kim. Roy n HG Nelson are also Aussie Icons...they make ya piss yaself every time they spin a yarn!!!

TerrorFirmer

Alf from Home and Away is a Legend. Possibly the most used line in history until her untimely death

"Crikey, Ailsa!"

Or whatever or name was.

Anyway.

My girlfriend actually said "top of the mornin to ya" today. Kinda creeped me out considering she's never once said it before and she said it a few hours after I read this thread.

The Song Thrush

Bord Fáilte is to blame for this one...

Back in the 50's, when overseas communication was very limited to postcards & letters, Bord Fáilte produced postcards with an Irish theme to them, which included the saying "Top o' the mornin' to ye!". Naturally, people bought these postcards and sent them to their relatives in the US, UK, Australia, etc....
That's why a foreign person will always say "Top o' the mornin' to ye!" when they find out you're Irish.

:rolleyes:

Mr.Nice Guy

MobileInfantry wrote:

My girlfriend actually said "top of the mornin to ya" today. Kinda creeped me out considering she's never once said it before and she said it a few hours after I read this thread.

She can read your thoughts.:v:

cormie

Well this is where I am most familiar with it:D

House Of Pain - Top O' the Morning to ya Lyrics
She won't come, just when you want it

Ya see, I'm Irish, but I'm not a leprechaun
You wanna fight, then step up and we'll get it on
You gotta right to the grill, I'm white and I ill
A decendant of Dublin with titanic skill
I ducked and I swing, next thing your jaw's broken
Punk I ain't jokin', you can bet you'll be chokin'
On a fist full a nothin', meanwhile I'll be puffin'
On a fat blunt, run punk, you don't know the half
Tryin' to talk ****, man, please don't make me laugh
These Irish eyes are smilin', I'm buckwildin'
The House Of Pain is pumpin', start jumpin'
Freak it, funk it, back seat junk it
If you can't get with it, you'll wind up sweatin' it
Then you'll get a beatin' just like an egg
It's so hard to run when you've got a broken leg
But we can have a run off, the House Of Pain'll come off
We got the cake that you're tryin' to get a crumb off
The Irish stylee, the Celtic jazz
No one has it, just us that's it
If you try to take it, I got a big shileighly
I don't have dreads cause I shave my head daily
You call me a skin head, I call you a pin head
Yo, where you been man, just like the tin man
You got no heart, here comes the good part
I pick 'em, buck 'em, cut 'em up, and buck them down
No ****in' around
Home boy ya get clown like Krusty, trust me
You shouldn't play, and by the way
Top o' the mornin' to ya

Chorus

(What's the hassle man?) Top o' the mornin' to ya (2x)
(Hey, are you givin' us a hassle man?)

Greetin's, salutations
Peace to the nations of Zulu and Islam
Crack the bottle, rev the throttle
Put the gear in, now you're stearin'
Like Mario Antretti
So let me kick it, cause I can make a wicked
Noise like a cricket
Rubbin' his legs, my rhymes are like eggs
I'll keep layin' 'em, I'll keep sayin' 'em
This is the House Of Pain, we're far from plain
But we're not fancy, Ron and Nancy
So just say no, but I say go
Straight to hell, I kiss and tell
So if you're a ho, all my friends know
What you gotta say, let's hit the hay
And have no delay, and yo, by the way
Top o' the mornin' to ya

Chorus

Extra extra, read all about it
How could ya doubt it?
Now scream and shout it!
The House Of Pain soon will reign
Over the hip hop scene in white gold and green
I rip **** and back flip like a Jedi
I roll with the groove and I'm smooth and you can bet I
Come correct and get respect when I'm flowin'
Collectin my dough, I got you're girlfriend ho-in'
And how do I know that she's funk?
I know she's broke cause yo, the T's hung like a
Shetland pony, gettin' paid like Sony
So never ever try to play me out like a phony
Cause I can get real thick like a bull with Mark Toneil
And by the way, top o' the mornin' to ya

Chorus

SexeeAussie

LMAO, great song!!!!

Piste

I've never heard 'Top O the Mornin' to ya' as anything other than a piss-take. Although I did say bejaysus yesterday.

Sarky

Hupardat, biy!

dSTAR

SexeeAussie wrote:

Crikey Chesso, are ya pullin me leg?? The blokes a hoot, but not as much of a cack as Kath n Kim...

Bloody oath!

I actually do say 'top o' the mornin to ya'...mostly tongue in cheek

See Plastic Paddy

nlgbbbblth

BlitzKrieg wrote:

..."Top of the morning to you?"

seriously?

I get alot of jokes from people saying top of the mornin to me and personnally i find it to be most annoying phrase ever linked to ireland. And worse i have never heard a single person ever say it seriously from the four corners of the bloody island.

People who say it deserve to be shot with a crossbow.

In the face.

Franky Boy

I've never got it before.

bounty_hunter

I've been laughing out loud the whole way through this thread with my headphones on and only just noticed there's a stranger sitting on the other side of the room eyeing me nervously.

the_syco

RuggieBear wrote:

it was in some famous old hollywood film...that's where it started afaik

Aye. The film had the banshee in it. The banshee kidnapped one or two kids in the film, me thinks.

bounty_hunter

the_syco wrote:

Aye. The film had the banshee in it. The banshee kidnapped one or two kids in the film, me thinks.

Wasn't it Darby O'Gill and the Little People?