Date: Wed, 5 Nov 1997 07:55:29 EST

From: simon[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CVAX.IPFW.INDIANA.EDU

Subject: Re: "so do me something" - Reply to Beth Simon's Inquiry



Dear Sam Jones,



Yes, and, no. "So do me something" is -so do something to me- --

a rhetorical challenge, on the order of "You don't like what I just

said? Tough."



beth simon

assistant professor, linguistics and english

indiana university purdue university

simon[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]cvax.ipfw.indiana.edu