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Jan. 26th, 2006 06:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
which_chickToday I was thinking of a missed opportunity to have fun with the Ob/Gyn who does not appreciate humor. *sigh*
One of the questions that they ask you at the Ob/Gyn is "Are you sexually active?"
The answer I should have given: "No, usually I just lay there." (Not actually true, but amusing just the same.)
Now, in my world, I know FULL WELL that I should, to be correct, say lie there. While I'm not an expert at lie/lay, I'm good enough to pass the inevitable quizzes one encounters in junior high to teach young people how to use the damn words correctly instead of how everyone they know uses them and instead of how they, themselves use 'em. Huzzah for prescriptivist grammar!!
I passed the quizzes. I can explain about lie and lay. However, if you catch me thinking what sorts of smart ass things I can say to answer the question "Are you sexually active?" for amusment purposes -- then my mind goes directly to "No, usually I just lay there."
One of the questions that they ask you at the Ob/Gyn is "Are you sexually active?"
The answer I should have given: "No, usually I just lay there." (Not actually true, but amusing just the same.)
Now, in my world, I know FULL WELL that I should, to be correct, say lie there. While I'm not an expert at lie/lay, I'm good enough to pass the inevitable quizzes one encounters in junior high to teach young people how to use the damn words correctly instead of how everyone they know uses them and instead of how they, themselves use 'em. Huzzah for prescriptivist grammar!!
I passed the quizzes. I can explain about lie and lay. However, if you catch me thinking what sorts of smart ass things I can say to answer the question "Are you sexually active?" for amusment purposes -- then my mind goes directly to "No, usually I just lay there."
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