AIBU to think that "yourself" is not a better word to use than "you" in general?

[ICameOnTheJitney]

Just paid my mobile bill on the phone...the man kept saying things like, "I'll just put those details in and get that sorted for yourself."

"Won't be a sec and we'll have all this up to date for yourself."

WHAT? Since when was "Yourself" a better word than "you"??

I know Pumpkin but for some reason "amn't" makes me cringe. Even though it's righter!

Oh, I love being called "madam", or "ma'am". especially in bed

So much nicer than "hen".

I work in children's services; it's endemic. Everybody sounds like Terry Wogan.

We are trying to buy a house ATM. One of estate agents we deal with is VERY well spoken, clearly went to a posh school. Even he says "yourself". They must be trained to say it.

There is a guy at work who says myself/ yourself instead of me and you ALL the time. He thinks he is speaking more professionally when actually he just sounds like a twat.

I fucking HATE 'yourself' - it gets right of my nerves!

Bear with myself - love it!

Up there with the estate agent brilliance of "Hallway leading unto lounge"

Ugh, it sounds horrible.

But "for you" also annoys me. It sounds like they're doing you a big favour when in most cases it's their job.

It isn't a lack of intelligence, it can be a lack of being taught correct grammar, or cultural speech patterns.

I find it annoying if they have a typical English accent, but I like regional and especially Irish speech patterns.

I forgive many things if "Kop on", "Hen" or "Pet" is used affectionately at the end of a sentence.

It's pretty common in Scottish and Irish speakers of English and seems to come about under the influence of their respective Gaelic languages, in which the emphatic forms 'mise' etc. supplement the basic pronouns 'mi' etc. in syntactical contexts like this. (They are not reflexive pronouns, nor are they cognate, but merely sound similar).

It's pretty common in Scottish and Irish speakers of English and seems to come about under the influence of their respective Gaelic languages, in which the emphatic forms 'mise' etc. supplement the basic pronouns 'mi' etc. in syntactical contexts like this. (They are not reflexive pronouns, nor are they cognate, but merely sound similar).

"I'm just after" (doing that/eating that) to express "I've just done" being another example of the Gaelic influence on Hiberno English.

I don't do the yourself thing so much, but definitely use "I'm just after" - and I don't even speak Gaelic.

It makes me clench my arse cheeks. Hate it.

I work with someone who does this while putting on her best "telephone voice". I don't understand why people do this to sound more formal as the more senior people we work with don't do it, surely they would be the people to model on.

I'm not convinced that it is standard/historical practice for solicitors.

My favourite joke in Father Ted is when the Most Boring Priest In Ireland turns to the embroidered throw of Jesus on the couch and goes "Ah, it's yourself!"

I say it all the time.

I LOVE Father Ted. I like the evil priest the best...the one that listens to heavy metal all the time and scowls. Oh...and the "games" "Come and have a go on The Whirly Go Round!"

Most of my clients are estate agents. I have to have my eyes regularly relocated from inside the top of my head where they've rolled from all the EAspeak I have to decipher.

My entire office are Yourselfers too.

"How are you?"
"Not bad, yourself?"