Myself and yourself instead of me and you

[WanderingNotLost]

This is something that just pisses me off to no end.

People saying myself and yourself instead of me and you.

Example: We need someone do speak on Tuesday, Steve has suggested yourself.

We have previously sold photocopiers to yourself.

No no no no no!!

Why do people do this? Is it just ignorance? I've found sales people are particularly guilty of this heinous crime. It just grates on me, I always want to correct them. AIBU?

See also: the misplaced apostrophe.

Flumplet - I don't mind shall in that context (in fact it sounds correct to me), but things like these e-mails do make my teeth itch -
"It shall be nacho themed"
"You are on call so your cell phone shall be turned on at all times"
"rapid response times to inquiries shall not be available until Monday"

Thinking about it, these were all from Americans, so I suspect it might be another bit of their dialect we're importing.

I've got a colleague who "shalls" and I also find it really irritating. I know it's unreasonable but I can't help it!

Am I your colleague? In my family we say ''shall'' instead of 'will'' if it's a question. "shall we go now"

It's a habit and I've no idea if it's correct or not but hibernian english can be a bit shakespearian (amn't I)

as, with the phone, I'd say your phone should be switched on all day. the phone shall be switched on all day makes it sound like 'the phone' has a life of its own!

square I think you're right. "Shall" is used in the context of people, not objects.

"Shall we go now?" is perfectly fine.
"The book shall be returned to the library today" isn't right, but "I shall return the book to the library" is right.

I think

wonderdog
Thanks multi must remember that!!

Thanking you all!!!

"yourself" and "myself" are reflexive pronouns aren't they?

I belong to that generation of British kids who never learned any English grammar. Therefore everything I know about grammar is wrong is borrowed from German.
ah yeah there it is.

The Irish/Scottish/Northern thing is something else, and is fine - those people know exactly how to use their own dialect.

I like grammar, and I like knowing the difference between my Glaswegian dialect and sort of "standard" English and being able to switch between the two, but I really don't like judging other people for getting it wrong or overcorrecting or whatever. If we have rules for talking, they should be like traffic rules (a framework to let us understand one another's meaning and intentions) not bloody passwords to a secret society of the "truly posh".

The 'myself' thing drives me up the wall. But I'm far too posh to mention it

I think I only use it in context of a question like "shall we go?" or "what shall we have for tea?" Is it not a derivative of should?

It's people trying to sound more educated than they actually are. Lower middle class stuff, but best just ignored.

I've already said this, it isn't. I know well-educated British lawyers with Oxbridge degrees who mix up myself and me.