Date: Tue, 8 Jul 1997 08:09:01 -0700 From: "A. Maberry" Subject: Re: Golden Oldies it may have already been mentioned, but i recall the phrase "do the deed" from the 50s or 60s. and there is always "get one's (M) pencil sharpened" which i heard in the early 70s. Allen maberry[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]u.washington.edu On Tue, 8 Jul 1997, Mark Mandel wrote: > Charles Boewe writes: > >>> > [...] > From the 1940s: > To lay (M), to get laid (F) > <<< > I don't go that far back, but for me a male can "get laid" too, since the 60s or late 50s. Was that a change? It gives > HIM, too, an intransitive form of "lay", while "lay" requires an explicit object. > > Mark A. Mandel : Senior Linguist : mark[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]dragonsys.com > Dragon Systems, Inc. : speech recognition : +1 617 965-5200 > 320 Nevada St., Newton, MA 02160, USA : http://www.dragonsys.com/ > Personal home page: http://world.std.com/~mam/ >