Date: Tue, 4 Nov 1997 09:57:05 -0500

From: ALICE FABER faber[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]HASKINS.YALE.EDU

Subject: Re: "so do me something"



Beth Simon asked:



| Is anyone familiar with the phrase, "So do me something" used

| as a retort? Know anything about the origin?



Yes..it sounds familiar. And when I read it, I "hear" it with a Yiddish

accent, so perhaps it's a calque of a Yiddish expression. Just a guess,

but...ya never know.



Alice Faber