Total random interruption: Huh. In the past 48 hours I've been contacted by both my parents (during different conversations with different friends in different states) to explain the lie/lay distinction. Are there lie/lay confusion germs floating around or something?
We have to see the chimp playing hockey! That's hilarious! The ice is so slippery, and, and monkeys are all irrational. We have to see this!
Anya ,'Bring On The Night'
Spike's Bitches 44: It's about the rules having changed.
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JZ - Jun 17, 2009 10:20:37 am PDT #13278 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
javachik - Jun 17, 2009 10:27:25 am PDT #13279 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Are there lie/lay confusion germs floating around or something?
I'm afraid those germs have infected 99% of the population.
tommyrot - Jun 17, 2009 10:28:08 am PDT #13280 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Are there lie/lay confusion germs floating around or something?
Hmmm... now where's my copy of Lays and the Laying Layers Who Tell Them....
Calli - Jun 17, 2009 10:32:03 am PDT #13281 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Lays and the Laying Layers Who Tell Them
You mean minstrels?
Gudanov - Jun 17, 2009 10:33:26 am PDT #13282 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping
God knows I have those germs.
Let me see. I lie down so they won't see me. I lay the body into the trunk. The car lies on the dock.
Sparky1 - Jun 17, 2009 10:33:30 am PDT #13283 of 30000
Librarian Warlord
the lie/lay distinction
My mother's voice in my head screams: "Hens lay!"
One of the baby gifts we got is a temporal artery thermometer. I can't stop taking my, or Kalliope's, temperature.
javachik - Jun 17, 2009 10:39:21 am PDT #13284 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Yesterday, I walked out into my yard to take in the beauty of the Autumn day. Fallen leaves were everywhere, lying in piles strewn about. I raked some leaves and built a huge pile and then I lay down upon it and promptly fell asleep! I must have lain there forever, for it was dusk when I awoke. I was tired and didn’t get up right away, though, and while I was still lying there, my neighbor came out and started working in his yard. He was laying cobblestones down his pathway, finally finishing a gardening project that had gone on all summer and was now winding down. He laid one final cobblestone down and pumped his fist into the air in celebration. Then he noticed me and said, “How can you just lie there all day? Don’t you have anything better to do?”
I wrote that horrible little paragraph several years ago for one of my friends who asked me to explain "lie" to her. I am pretty sure I've captured all of the various conjugations.
And remember, "to get laid" is a saying because someone has laid you on a surface in order to frolic. It's an easy way to remember that "lay" is synonymous with "place", and "laid" is synonymous with "placed".
Gudanov - Jun 17, 2009 10:43:29 am PDT #13285 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping
I swear I have a mental block against getting those words right.
SailAweigh - Jun 17, 2009 10:55:19 am PDT #13286 of 30000
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
I think I get it right about 75% of the time. It's one of those things that if I don't consciously think of which one to use, it turns into a grab bag. So, I'm more likely to get it right when writing than when speaking.
Polter-Cow - Jun 17, 2009 10:56:24 am PDT #13287 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I believe it's time to link to this post again.