Thursday, April 30, 2015

Does the o' count?

One Phrase + Many Meanings

One Phrase + Many Meanings =  ????

I am sure that the majority of anyone ( hopefully someones) reading this blog posting today already knows that not all catch phrases mean what they say they do or even originate from where they say they do. 

Now for those of you (hopefully different from the original someones noted above) who do believe in everything they hear or read (yes, sometimes it is nice to live in a bubble and yes, I love my bubble!) I'm hoping that some of the following might clear up a few things that you/we/me didn't know yet.

This ‘Random Thought of the Week’ is dedicated to just one phrase and how the hype of Hollywood and how its ramifications can and do reach worldwide.


“Top o’ the morning’ to you”



So off we go trying to find out the origin of this phrase and possibly a few I didn't know meanings, definitions, interpretations and the significance of these 6 words (just wondering if the " o' " counts?).

Well this sounds like a fantastic way to greet both friends and neighbours and in most cases it does literally mean exactly that but then... (I know, there always seems to be a 'but'!!).

After doing ‘some' (with 'some' being the operative word here) done a bit of research (okay, it did start out to only a few websites but ended up to be more like 6 or 7 website pages} (and hey, that really is a lot you know!) (and in the end, has almost taken 2 days to complete... so, um, yes, this blog is late, but you really didn't know that until now did you?) and in the end I found out some very interesting facts.

Did you know that this phrase — is actually a Hollywood invention. Irish Central

Did you know that this phrase — is not really known if it came from an ad campaign for the General Mills Lucky Charm brand. Onward State

Did you know that this phrase — can actualy be traced back to the Victorian era. Dialect Blog

Did you know that this phrase — was defined as slang Dictionary.com

Did you know that this phrase — has been discussed and by the consensus of many consulted websites that this phrase is both not commonly heard of or used by those of Irish descent. (I do apologize, as it is not my intention to be judgemental or racist in this posting). Stack Exchange

Did you know that -- Clarence Eugene 'Hank' Snow (1914-1999) or Hank the Singer Ranger (previously known as the Hank the Yodelling Ranger) had a trademark look of wearing elaborate squinted suits, has a home town museum (located: Nova Scotia, Canada), was inducted to the Canadian Music Hall of Fame and has been dubbed as one of Canada's greatest contributors to country music. Hank say the song 'Top of the Morning' (album: 'Your Easy to Love', 1975), (written by: A.L. Owens) which is available on YouTube (uploaded by:Tsukikage707).

Did you know that this phrase — was sung by the group 'House of Pain'. Lyrics Mode

Did you know that this phrase — was used in a book written by Joyce, P. W. (Patrick Weston, 1827-1914). English as we speak it in Ireland

Did you know that this phrase -- was used in the book 'The Last End - A Book of Remembrance' written by James Bonwick (1817-1906). Google Books

Did you know that this phrase — can be referred to un-homogenised milk, where the cream rises to the top. TechQues

Did you know that this phrase — stereotypes how an Irish person might/or has said good morning or hello. (I do apologize again, as it is not my intention to be judgemental or racist at in this posting)  Bite Size Irish Gaelic 

Did you know that this phrase — would actually read with a title behind it such as: lady, laddy or even jimmy. Yahoo! Answers

Did you know that this phrase — can be a minced to form a description as 'by God’. KGB answers

Did you know that - Betty Crocker actually has a pancake mix with this name. Betty Crocker

Did you know that this phrase -- usually has a/the response of 'And the rest of the day to yourself'. Answers

Did you know that this phrase -- can be classified as an Irish proverb. UK Yahoo! Answers

Did you know that this phrase -- was used in a poem by Henry Newbolt. The Daltai Discussion Forums

And you can even add a song that was composed of General Mills feat. Pentatonix to create a song about Lucky Charms. 'Evolution of Lucky Charms' 

Okay, so here I'm trying to figure out how on earth I can link this blog posting with my 'Random Thought of the Week' and par for the course, I got nothing? Like, really nothing? Well, they do both have the word 'morning' in them and at this point, I'll just go with that... the word 'morning'.



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