Lie on or lie in?

[DmanDmythDledge]

Sligoman, can we get a poll on this please?

For me it's always been a lie in. Only heard people using lie on recently. Just doesn't sound right? Lying on what?!...(yeah a bed I know before someone decides to be a smart alec ;))

[SkStu]

lie in. Never heard of a lie on.

[strangeirish]

Lie on?....Must be a D4 thing...:D

[Pauro 76]

Lie in definitely.

[drummerboy]

Was always lie on in north Dublin

[passinginterest]

I've heard and used both so I'll abstain. I presume it's lying on as in lying on into the morning.

[Mayo Red]

Definately lie in, never heard lie on being used!

[Magicme]

Like Passinginterest I would have used both but slightly differently.

I would plan to lie in but if I was lying in bed I would think to myself that I might lie on for awhile.

[hula4]

lie on seems to be more of a dublin expression i had never heard it until i moved up there, lie in seems to be the country expression

[Macy]

Lie on, although with 2 children it seems a long time since I had one!

[osarusan]

I've never heard of "lie on" as a noun, only a verb.
As verbs, the difference would be whether the person is lying under or outside the blankets, but only "lie in" is a noun as far as I know.


EDIT : Unless the people who have voted for a "lie on" are talking about being outside the blankets?

[pineapple stu]

Have heard both, but it's a lie in for me.

[Wolfie]

My folks always called it a "lie on" - as most do in North Dublin, unless I'm sorely mistaken.

Final Answer - A "lie on" is a colloquial Dublin phrase for "having a lie on in bed".

[Wangball]

Where I'm from - Ireland - we Sleep in or Lie on

[OwlsFan]

You lie on the bed when you're having a lie in.

By the way, defeat by or defeat to? One of my pet hates is that the latter has become common parlance when they really mean lost to.

[stann]

Lie in. Ever and always. Lie on is just plain wrong, like rice krispie cake. :p

[Mr A]

Lie in. Although that depends on who you'd get to lie on.

[awec]

No such thing as a lie in to me. It's either get up at lunch time or get up obscenely early (ie before lunch time). :D

[osarusan]

Goddam it, this has been in my head all day. I always have to analyse things like this when I hear them.

Interesting (for me at least) to note that we would say "in bed" but we would say "on the bed". This suggests that "in bed", rather than just being a statement about the geographical location of somebody, actually has a verb-style function.

Yours in geekiness,

osarusan

[tetsujin1979]

Lie in, never heard anyone say lie on, and I've been living on the north side for almost 7 years

[oscar]

lie in;)

[alidiei]

Lie on?....Must be a D4 thing...:D
its a fair city thing:mad:

[Wolfie]

I always understood "Lie on" to be more concerned with time and duration.

To elaborate - you are "lying on" beyond the time that you would usually rise in the morning.

[holidaysong]

It's a lie on for me and it always has been, even before moving to Dublin.

[Wolfie]

Poll News Just in.................."Lie on" narrows the gap to 42 - 7. :D

Regardless of whether its "lie on" or "lie in" - such slang phrases can have a tendency to be gramatically incorrect.

Not all phrases make literal sense.

[Lionel Ritchie]

Lie in here in Limerick but I hear Lie on used all the time up in Monaghan.

Then they do have a rich vernacular up around the south Monaghan/North Louth region. In particular, the ability to fit "the C word" into a sentence in as many forms possible ...noun, pronoun, adjective, verb... really has to be heard in the local brogue to be truly appreciated. :D

[Bluebeard]

It's all very simple folks. I lived in Dublin for a good few years and I can tell the difference.

The lie-in is an extended period of time in bed, ideally beyond the time everyone else is due in work:
Mary was pleased with her lie-in on Monday as the random stranger she picked up at mass the previous morning had to £uck o££ to work.

The lie-on is the king of the jungle:
When five year old Decco heard his parents were talking about having a lie-on in the morning, he sh!+ himself completely, and made sure his switchblade was ready for self protection.

[Wolfie]

Mary was pleased with her lie-in on Monday as the random stranger she picked up at mass the previous morning had to £uck o££ to work.[/I]

Is that the opening paragraph to "The Bishop Casey Story"?

[Shilts]

Lie on sounds to me like a big cat that claims to be king of the jungle. I'll go for lie in (so does that one now that I say it in my best cork accent!)

[bellavistaman]

Cant believe ten people say lie on, strange