What is the traditional Irish response to the phrase "Top of the Morn"?

Question

HI.Thank you.

Answer 1

ugh another american stereotype.nobody in ireland says "top of the mornin" we just say hi or hows it going? to each other

i have lived in ireland all my life and nobody has ever said "top of the mornin" to me nor have i ever heard anyone utter those words to anyone else

dont believe everything you see in american made films

Answer 2

IRISH PEOPLE DO NOT SAY ANYTHING LIKE TOP OF THE MORNING OR TOP OF THE MORN TO YA!

We just say hello or hi.

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Answer 3

As a Yank, even I know that actual Irish people don't use that phrase.   But I nearly peed myself laughing at the responses.

Do I need to start wearing adult diapers when I log onto YA?

Misty---Yo, Chick, ever get rid of those hiccups?   :)

Answer 4

Oh no, not another American. That is a stage Irish saying, you will never hear it in Ireland. You will hear either "maidhin breah" which is good morning in Irish, or simply "Good Morning"

Answer 5

Get real.They'd p**s themselves laughing and look at you like you are mental.

Hi Gyp-spoon of sugar did the trick!

Answer 6

This is a stereotype. In all my years I can honestly say I have never once said that or heard anyone saying that, so you can tell whoever organised this in work, from me, a born and bred Irish girl, that NO ONE says that!

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Answer 7

Bring me a beer and me pot o gold, laddy!!

Answer 8

I am irish and live in ireland and find that steryotype phrase annoying and indicative of a racist steryotype. I find it highly offending as it is never said here in ireland, we actually find it disgusting, I mean do you think alll black people say "yes master" to white people,

We do not use it as it was typically used in old books , movies to portray a "drunken mick" or a dumb paddy.

Answer 9

"where's my ale?"

Answer 10

This is Hollywood Americanese, It simply is not Said in Ireland. It is from the Days of the Quiet Man with John Wayne Maureen O Hara Barry Fitzgerald, Finnians Rainbow With Tommy Steele and  Fred Astaire Etc. It is American Stage Oirishy. Most People in Ireland say Hows it Going and the Reply is Game Ball ,or mostly Good Day to you and the reply is I am Grand thank you very much, or even Hows the Man and  the  reply  I am  alright  Hows  yourself then.

Answer 11

"I stepped outside of my little cottage with a thach roof and stood on a leprchaun, it was a pity but i got to keep his gold. Then I went to the pub and bought everyone drinks til they they were so drunk couldn't stand anymore, so it was basicly just another day. Do you like my shamrock, that I wear every single day?"

Answer 12

ha ha lol!!

we dont really say "top of the morn" except wen we're taking the p**s...

Answer 13

r u drunk?

Answer 14

pog ma hone!!!

Answer 15

Firstly we don't say it!

Secondly it's Top of the mornin'

Thirdly the reply is 'And the rest of the afternoon/day to you!'

Answer 16

Well the response is more physical than lingual, they fall to the floor with hysteric laughter then if the speaker of such a phrase was wearing an aran jumper of some sort they would start rolling around too.

Answer 17

I've never heard such a phrase except from American movies...Bing Crosby kind of stuff.  Honestly the phrase  is not used in Ireland nor is "begorra".or "sure to be sure" !

A lot of this clowning stuff originated on  England vaudeville stage  ..

and is possibly explained by the fact that "English" as spoken in Ireland owes it's idiom to our own native "Gaelic"

All languages have their own idiom ..... to say "I have a cold"

would be "Tà slaighdàn orm"  .. literal translation would be "I have a cold on me".....Gaelic is the oldest vernacular European language, being a branch of Indo-European Celtic languages.

(related languages which are readily mutually understood , are Scots Gaelic, Welsh, Manx and Breton.)  BTW, this "Top of the mornin stuff and "begorras" is rather offensive to us here in Ireland ....as it had it's origins in uppity English "entertainment

We are not alone in this attitude  the Dutch people for instance resent being called "Kaisen Kopf" by Germans.. i.e "Cheese Heads".....Hope you get the drift.....I'm Irish and a native Gaelic speaker.  Slàn...

Answer 18

Im Irish and living in Ireland all my life, and ive NEVER EVER heard ANYONE EVER say that exept for in movies!

people in Waterford normally greet each other by saying "well girl/boy,how are ya?" and the reply is normally "ah well girl/boy, im grand, you?"

Answer 19

"Well thanks, but I'm gona come down from the top and beat some sensible greetings into you now!"

Answer 20

Generally F**k off!

Answer 21

I'm sure I've heard it but can't remember :o(

So try this one instead:

May the saddest day of your future be no worse

Than the happiest day of your past!