Lie on or lie in?

[oscar]

lie in

[alidiei]

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

its a fair city thing

[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.

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.

[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