In the UK, I think the trend is (at least partly) in the opposite direction: use of "lie" for both transitive and intransitive verbs, with "lay" restricted to certain fossilized phrases such as "lay an egg" and "lay the table".
In the UK, I think the trend is (at least partly) in the opposite direction: use of "lie" for both transitive and intransitive verbs, with "lay" restricted to certain fossilized phrases such as "lay an egg" and "lay the table".