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