Well now that you have said that I remember my Mum always said Hoity toity also It was her grandmother and father that were her closest Irish family. These saying's pass down Did any one ever hear, " Pigs might fly" if some thing was said and no one believed it they would say , And pigs might fly trish in Sydney Subject: [IRL-KERRY] Hoity-toity Is "hoity-toity" an Irish expression or just an old-fashioned word once used in the U.S. In my mind I can still hear my Irish grandmother using it of someone she considered snobbish: "She's very hoity-toity!" Julie Hu ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-KERRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.7.0/804 - Release Date: 14/05/2007 4:46 PM