me me me

[rawdogue]

At first it was a minor annoyance but now it's bordering on an insane outburst. Why are semi-educated people so adverse to using the word "me"!? People around here, trying to sound intelligent but still very unclear on the concept of the personal pronoun, have taken to using "myself" in its place. It was bad enough, and I'd cringe, at the

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[rawdogue]

I should also note, and I'm not proud of this, that I reflexively (har) corrected a coworker who incorrectly corrected someone else's grammar a few weeks ago. She was considerably older and really didn't appreciate it but it just sort of came out of my mouth. Normally I don't bother because what's the point?

[hirightnow]

"Myself" sounds more sophisticated than "me" to those types, would be my guess.
(Myself? I don't talk like that. :) )

[hilker]

They aren’t totally averse to me. A lot of them seem to be under the impression that the archaism “methinks” is actually a posh way to write “I think.”

[electroboy_esq]

My own self, personally, I can't stand it.

[ajax]

¡Yo tampoco!

--- Ajax.

[lord_reynaldo]

I'm an English major yet averse to snotty language/grammar policing in general. Both are usually a dead giveaway someone is trying to sound smarter than they are.

There's dumbass in class with me now who's lived in England two years, and now he tries to Briticize everything, presumably to sound smarter. I wanna punch him.

"Cheers Mate!" *SOCK TO THE FACE*