Quotelie in. Never heard of a lie on.
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.
I like high energy football. A little bit rock and roll. Many finishes instead of waiting for the perfect one.
Lie on?....Must be a D4 thing...
Did you ever notice that in every painting of Adam & Eve, they have belly buttons. Think about that...take as long as you want.
Lie in definitely.
'Fascists dress in black and go round telling people what to do, where as priests.....'
Was always lie on in north Dublin
Always look on the bright side of life
I've heard and used both so I'll abstain. I presume it's lying on as in lying on into the morning.
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Definately lie in, never heard lie on being used!
The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses - behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.
Muhammad Ali
Roy Keane is still a pri*k!
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!
If you attack me with stupidity, I'll be forced to defend myself with sarcasm.
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?
Last edited by osarusan; 06/04/2009 at 11:55 AM.
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".
Quoting years at random since 1975
Where I'm from - Ireland - we Sleep in or Lie on
You show me a good loser and I'll show you a loser - Vince Lombardi
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.
Forget about the performance or entertainment. It's only the result that matters.
Lie in. Ever and always. Lie on is just plain wrong, like rice krispie cake.
more bass
Lie in. Although that depends on who you'd get to lie on.
#NeverStopNotGivingUp
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).
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
Last edited by osarusan; 06/04/2009 at 9:54 PM.
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