http://www.englishforums.com/English/GeneralEnglishVocabularyIdiom-Questions/Forum29.htmHelp with defining words and idioms, and new words and idioms that you've learntenXMOD (Build: 3607.32596)http://www.englishforums.com/English/GoodMorningGloryMorningSunshine/2/bdbvv/Post.htm#479395Sun, 22 Mar 2009 14:15:55 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:479395Anonymous0http://www.englishforums.com/English/GoodMorningGloryMorningSunshine/2/bdbvv/Post.htm#479395http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-479395.xml"Good morning, sunshine" is more of term of endearment. You usually say it to a child or to someone with whom you would flirt. You probably would not say it to a co-worker or someone on the street. "Good morning, Glory" is an expression used in the sme manner, but usually by older people. I am mid-thrities and have never said this in my life. I am not even sure i have heard my parents say it. My granparents would say this.http://www.englishforums.com/English/GoodMorningGloryMorningSunshine/2/bdbvv/Post.htm#463051Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:15:55 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:463051Anonymous1http://www.englishforums.com/English/GoodMorningGloryMorningSunshine/2/bdbvv/Post.htm#463051http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-463051.xmlGood Morning Glory is a song by Buck Owens. My parents would sing either one of these songs to us children to help us have a good day.http://www.englishforums.com/English/GoodMorningGloryMorningSunshine/2/bdbvv/Post.htm#384118Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:15:55 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:384118Anonymous2http://www.englishforums.com/English/GoodMorningGloryMorningSunshine/2/bdbvv/Post.htm#384118http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-384118.xmlI dont think that there is any special meaning. But my husband wakes me every morning for the last 14 years with this, Good morning, glory. He never misses a day.http://www.englishforums.com/English/GoodMorningGloryMorningSunshine/2/bdbvv/Post.htm#380929Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:15:55 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:380929Anonymous3http://www.englishforums.com/English/GoodMorningGloryMorningSunshine/2/bdbvv/Post.htm#380929http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-380929.xmlit was 2005 five when u hve aked this Question now u got the answer am sure cuz its 2007 now! lolhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/GoodMorningGloryMorningSunshine/2/bdbvv/Post.htm#367186Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:15:55 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:367186Alexa For Australia4http://www.englishforums.com/English/GoodMorningGloryMorningSunshine/2/bdbvv/Post.htm#367186http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-367186.xmlI never heard Morning Glory except as a name of a rose. It is very pale pink, with a long stem and it does look glorious when it is erect but not fully ready with drops of morning dew on it. But, can I say to a man he's my sunshine if he's my sunshine? Or is it something that is said only by men to woman? Alexahttp://www.englishforums.com/English/GoodMorningGloryMorningSunshine/2/bdbvv/Post.htm#365528Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:15:55 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:365528Grammar Geek5http://www.englishforums.com/English/GoodMorningGloryMorningSunshine/2/bdbvv/Post.htm#365528http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-365528.xmlIt reminds me of the the thing with the states... I forget the whole exchange, but "What did Delaware?" (Della wear) "I don't know, Alaska!" (I'll ask her) was in there.http://www.englishforums.com/English/GoodMorningGloryMorningSunshine/bdbvv/post.htm#364716Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:15:55 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:364716Grammar Geek6http://www.englishforums.com/English/GoodMorningGloryMorningSunshine/bdbvv/post.htm#364716http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-364716.xml"What's the story, morning glory?" is also used in a song in Bye Bye Birdie (I was in that one in high school). The stage version was in 1960, and the movie came out in 1963, so the drug reference wasn't the first one. (The erection meaning is certainly interesting!) There's a great scene when the kids are all telephoning each other with gossip about "Hugo" and "Kim." - What's the story, morning glory? - What's tale, nightingale? - Tell me quick about Hugo and Kim! - What's the story, morning glory? - What's the word, humming bird? - Have you heard about Hugo and Kim?http://www.englishforums.com/English/GoodMorningGloryMorningSunshine/bdbvv/post.htm#364705Sun, 22 Mar 2009 14:15:55 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:364705Anonymous7http://www.englishforums.com/English/GoodMorningGloryMorningSunshine/bdbvv/post.htm#364705http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-364705.xmlMy dad always said......"Good Morning Glory! Do you think it will reindeer (rain dear)? Will the cabbage get ahead (a head)?" I don't know where it came from, probably something his mom said to him. We thought it was really funny when we were kids. It still makes me smile and although grown, my brother & sister and I still say it now and then.http://www.englishforums.com/English/GoodMorningGloryMorningSunshine/bdbvv/post.htm#147885Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:15:55 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:147885nona the brit8http://www.englishforums.com/English/GoodMorningGloryMorningSunshine/bdbvv/post.htm#147885http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-147885.xmlWhats the story morning glory. I'd say it's a pretty weird thing to say to someone unless you get the joke... Whats the story morning glory is old slang from the sixties and you would say it someone waking up with a druggie hangover...morning glory plant seeds have s mall quantities of substances similar to the hallucinogenic drug LSD, and there was some experimenting going on with them in the past. (Seeds are now coated with noxious stuff). I guess someone just came up with the funny little ditty and it spread...perhaps they were adapting and making a joke out of the older and innocent 'Good morning glory'. These days it is becoming more common again with younger people, due to the Oasis album of this name bringing the phrase...http://www.englishforums.com/English/GoodMorningGloryMorningSunshine/bdbvv/post.htm#147812Sun, 22 Mar 2009 14:15:55 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:147812Anonymous9http://www.englishforums.com/English/GoodMorningGloryMorningSunshine/bdbvv/post.htm#147812http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-147812.xml"Good Morning Glory" also comes from a song. Written in 1933 by Mack Gordon. I say it to my kids every morning. I first heard it in one of those old black and white cartoons whn I was a child, and it stuck.http://www.englishforums.com/English/GoodMorningGloryMorningSunshine/bdbvv/post.htm#98839Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:15:55 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:98839scarecrow10http://www.englishforums.com/English/GoodMorningGloryMorningSunshine/bdbvv/post.htm#98839http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-98839.xmlThank you for your explanation. I heard the expression "Good morning, glory" on some TV show, I guess, and I wanted to know if it's a common expression. American English is fine. I'm not familiar with British English either. Thanks again.http://www.englishforums.com/English/GoodMorningGloryMorningSunshine/bdbvv/post.htm#98834Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:15:55 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:98834CalifJim11http://www.englishforums.com/English/GoodMorningGloryMorningSunshine/bdbvv/post.htm#98834http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-98834.xmlThe expression is "What's the story, morning glory?" Said only to a woman, usually by a man who knows her very very well. Never use this with strangers. At least that's my take on it. CJhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/GoodMorningGloryMorningSunshine/bdbvv/post.htm#98722Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:15:55 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:98722abbie194812http://www.englishforums.com/English/GoodMorningGloryMorningSunshine/bdbvv/post.htm#98722http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-98722.xmlThanks, khoff. exactly what I thought, but hesitated to write!http://www.englishforums.com/English/GoodMorningGloryMorningSunshine/bdbvv/post.htm#98720Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:15:55 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:98720khoff13http://www.englishforums.com/English/GoodMorningGloryMorningSunshine/bdbvv/post.htm#98720http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-98720.xmlI see no one has answered this yet, so I'll give it a try. I have never heard anyone say, "Good morning, glory" but I would assume it's sort of a pun or play on words - a "morning glory" is a type of flower. "Good morning, sunshine" is from a song, and would be a fairly common thing to say, especially to a child who was just waking up. I wouldn't use either expression with someone you don't know well.http://www.englishforums.com/English/GoodMorningGloryMorningSunshine/bdbvv/post.htmSun, 22 Mar 2009 14:15:55 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:98621scarecrow14http://www.englishforums.com/English/GoodMorningGloryMorningSunshine/bdbvv/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-98621.xmlCan one use these phrases interchangeably with "Good morning"? Or, "Good morning, sunshine" is usually said to someone who's just woken up? Please explaine how these expressions are used. Thank you.