Lie on or lie in?

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 ;))

lie in. Never heard of a lie on.

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

Lie in definitely.

Was always lie on in north Dublin

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

Definately lie in, never heard lie on being used!

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.

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

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

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?

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

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".

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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