to wonder why people have stopped using the word 'me'?

[maybenow]

I am dying a little bit inside everytime somebody writing on here or speaking on tv or even in business emails says 'she came over to talk to myself and my partner' or 'please email myself' or soooo many other examples.

What has become wrong with the word 'me'? Why does it seem that the whole world is slowly moving over to using myself instead of me?

I am not usually very pedantic about language, it evolves, fair enough, and my own spelling and grammar can be dodgy when typing quickly in an informal situation but this one for some reason really gets me - myself is longer to write than me!

great typing there, Paw...

"Stop that!" she said.
"Stop that" she said!
"Stop that"! she said.

Annie, in Yorkshire people use "us" for "our".

Let's go get us dinner
Translates as
Lets have luncheon.

But yes. "Myself". It reminds me of estate agent speak.

"This property (not house, never house)is having a dual aspect.

Also, "utilise" instead of "use" "apartment" instead of "flat" "purchase" instead of "buy" and "off street parking" instead of "front yard"

Paw some rules are different in the US, but not that one - your boss was just wrong.

You wouldn't say that to her face though...

email myself?
YANBU

I don't mind that use of "us", NowThenNowThen - that's regional dialect, not ignorance. Dialects make the language more interesting.

Ha, don't let's start on estate agent speak, that's quite another can (or "handily situated storage facility") of worms!

nowthen yes! people who say "property" when talking about
their own home!. Or even worse, "prupperdee", Gawd!

they seem to use "Bob and I " instead of "Bob and me" in Australian English.

I think it's archaic (or there's a mode in which it's correct -like in the bible "Is it I?" or on the telephone "This is she")

yes, thank you, I was wrong to put "me and Bob" but I was annoyed at him.

"myself" is reflexive and should be used when you've already referred to that person in the sentence/phrase.
so:
"i like myself in the morning"
not
"I like me in the morning"

but "I think I should fetch it" not "I think myself should fetch it" - because that's not reflexive.
"I'll do it myself" is good

so, you shouldn't say "yourself" unless you have already used you to make yourself reflexive.
eg:
"I will get it for yourself" - ouch and no no no no
"I will get it for myself" *tick
"you can get it for yourself" *tick
"will you get it for myself?" ouch and no no no no

Great thread!
(I'm ashamed to say that I judge people for this.)

ahem.

it would be:

"Stop that!", she said.

jsut saying....

It is far worse when somebody says 'my good self.'

During a conversation with my mortgage company, when I asked where to send something the bloke on the phone said 'You can send it to my good self.'

No, no, no, no, NO!

Ohhh, I'm so glad to see this thread.

I've just got to know someone who constantly says 'myself' and it is driving me barmy. He writes it in emails too.

'Just send the abstracts to X and myself'.

I have taken a lesson from the 'alot' and I like to imagine 'myself' as a small furry animal inseparable from his master, who does the actual reading of such abstracts. Maybe a bit like Pan in Philip Pullman, but much less endearing?

Send your alots to my good self, LRD.

Because they think it should be "myself" and no one corrects them.

Perhaps there should be a CAMPAIGN .

I'm sorry, I cannot believe there are real people who say 'my good self'.

Really?

That is just wrong. I bet they're also the types to have an outdoor jacuzzi and enjoy nude bathing with the neighbours. Bleugh.

There's alot of them about LRD.

I'd ask, what should myself do with regards to your bad self?

I imagine someone like Colin Hunt says this. Someone who talks a bit like John Major, in the manner of a policeman giving an account ( "I was proceeding in a Westerly direction etc etc).

Someone who does, indeed have a Jacuzzi and perhaps wears matching fleeces. Like Howard and Hilda from ever Decreasing Circles

Titty -

Yes! It's a house, a house, not a fecking property

Yes! the train conductor - 'if your ticket is not valid for this peak service please come and see myself on the platform to pay the additional fee'

arrrrrrrrggggggggghhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

wilson - see, for me, the propaganda has worked and all I can imagine when I read your post is a cute and slightly grumpy animal.

It's lovely.

jamie - it is absolutely John Major, isn't it?

I think it is paranoia... I'm never quite certain if I am correct by saying me.

Although I say 'me & thee' a lot which can be rather toe curling to some.

Lack of confidence is a major player.

An estate agent once said to me (in the middle of a load of agent speak),

' so myself will try to get hold of yourself on Wednesday '

OMG I am totally in the huff with you now LRD - I saw you'd answered my post on my threads list, clicked on and now I've read what Finally's estate agent said to her and - AAAAAAAAAAAAAArrrRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGG My poor bleeding eyes....

Argh - YANBU!

This is probably my absolute pet of pet hates.