To be worried that the word MYSELF might actually becone interchangeable with me or I?

[ChaosTrulyReigns]

Yeah language evolves, but for farksake "myself and my husband went to the pub", "contact myself with any further queries" and so on.

This is an abundance of Wrong. And it hurts my head.

Didn't the OED add a new meaning to literally because of common usage of the word? This may happen to myself.

Myself is pissed off with the situation. What about yourselves?

The only people who do it are those trying to come over as 'posh' - just a load of Mrs Buckets.

It gives me something to laugh at.

I am deeply worried about this ishoo too

Prince William did it recently. You'd think he'd have been taught better at Eton and St. Andrews.

My husband does this (sob!). He.'a a lovely man but his mother is a little bit Hyacinth Bucket. How can I explain to him that it is incorrect? I can't bear it when he corrects the children's grammar - and gets it wrong himself!

"He's" not he.ath or whatever silly phone used.

Well personally myself thinks should be replaced forthwith with meself.

It reminds me of Jade Goody, she was always at it.

Someone I work with (Senior Accountant) did this when he first joined the Company. He'd say things like 'If it's alright with yourself, I'd like to book the first slot for myself.' Another classic was 'I'll arrange for myself to stay overnight then.' The rest of us didn't mention it but one outspoken Director used to take the piss out of him in front of everyone and he doesn't do it now.

I did try to explain to someone asking me "was there anyone eelse in the car with yourself at the time of the accident" that itdidn't really make sense. But themself just couldn't grasp what myself was saying. Chuh.

Ladyfox, please tell your director that there's a sturdy forty something brunette mom on MN that wants to snog his face right off.

I think we could do without the distinction between I and me, to be honest. I mean, "Me went to the pub" is perfectly comprehensible and is common usage in some dialects.

But why would you? It's a whole lot easier to write "I" than "me".

OP, I'm with you all the way. Again, why would you want to go to all the trouble to write "Myself and my friend" when "My friend and I/me" is so much quicker and easier?

YANBU - i also hate it when people, mostly telesales people, say yourself instead of you, i.e 'Would you like me to take that forward for yourself?' Aaaggghhhhh, it's you, you fuckwit, can't you see that for yourself!!

I suppose they think it makes them sound intelligent, it just makes them sound the complete opposite.

Learn English.

I wouldn't worry myself about it if I were yourself.

DH and myself love laughing at all the yourselves and myselves(?) on The Apprentice.

When is the next series on anyway? Isn't it due?

I was flamed on here once for saying something like 'myself and my sister went on holidays'. People assumed I was being pretentious and 'posh'. But actually it's because I'm Irish and it's quite a normal turn of phrase here. I was really taken aback.

Feel the same way about anythinK and somethinK

This has been driving me mad too but I thought I was just getting middleaged and grumpy !

I also hate the over use of the word did as in " I did go/sit /say "etc .
instead of I went /sat/said .

I hear it a lot on tv no wonder the dcs have picked it up.

Some people just think they sound smarter if they say more, rather than less.

I also get annoyed by the utilisation of 'utilise'. Why can't they just use 'use'?

If we don't make a stand now it will end in tears.

Do we have permission to correct it every time it is used?

It irritates me too! 'Myself' is a reflexive pronoun, so can be the object of a sentence but not the subject (unless used as both the subject and the object at the same time).

I tend not to point this out to people, but seethe silently when I see it in an email! first world problem

RonSwansonsLushMoustache although people over-use 'utilise' it does have valid uses, usually in a scientific context, i.e. "Lack of calcium in the diet can leave a patient unable to utilise vitamin D effectively".