Re: Lay versus lie

["Chris Morton" <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com>]

....*Englishman* that he is.....

On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 9:07 AM, Edwin Skau <eddy -dot- skau -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:

> Someone's gotta redo that Clapton song, Lie Down Sally...
>
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 7:18 PM, Sarah Blake <Sarah -dot- Blake -at- microfocus -dot- com
> >wrote:
>
> > > I remember watching COPS and always being bothered by the policemen
> > > yelling at suspects to "Lay down on the ground!" Still, I suppose that
> > > if a policeman was pointing his gun at me and yelling at me to "Lay
> > down
> > > on the ground," that would NOT be the time to correct his grammar.
> >
> > Though it would probably go rather badly for me; I have bad hearing and
> > would likely presume I just hadn't heard /what/ I was meant to lay down.
> >
> > I can see the conversation now.
> >
> > Cop: Lay down on the ground!
> > Panicked Englishwoman: Err, sorry, I didn't quite catch that, what am I
> > laying down?
> > Cop: You being funny with me?
> > Panicked Englishwoman: Err what?  No, I just didn't hear you, could you
> > repeat that please?
> > Cop: Lay down!
> > Panicked Englishwoman: Yeah, I got that part, but what am I laying
> > down...
> >
> > Your policemen are all nice polite fellows who'd laugh with me about it
> > later, right?  ...right?
> >
> > Sarah Blake
> > Senior Technical Author
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