'stay put' or 'sit put'

[Rick Castello]

     Aside from the fact that "got happy" and "got put" are awkward,
     are they truly "proper"?

     -Rick


Dennis R. Preston said:
> What's odd (or even perverse) about this?
>
> I got happy -->You hope I stay 0 I got happy  --> You hope I stay happy.
>
> I got put in my chair --> You hope (that) I stay where (=in the
> chair) I got put  --> You hope (that) I stay put.
>
> Looks pretty normal to me.
>
> dInIs
>
>
>
>>      I'm curious about the origins of the phrase "Stay put"
>>      or "Sit put"- the idea of a verb discussing the act of
>>      placement morphing into a term for staying in one place.
>>
>>      Has this always been a valid alternate meaning, or is this
>>      another matter of public perversion, as with current usage
>>      of nauseous/nauseated?
>>
>>      -Rick
>
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