arrgghh

[bednobs]

why do people say "myself" when they mean "me" and yourself when they mean "you"? I've been noticing it more and more lately and it annoys me greatly. Just been on the phone with the insurance company "you're talking to myself, david today"
Also while i'm on the subject why do people say "each to their own" IT'S WRONG!
I have no idea why these things annoy me, they just do

[baza]

"have a nice day" and when you get your food the waiter(ess) says" enjoy", what the hell do they think i ordered it for , look at it , of course i intend to enjoy it, thats why i asked for it. Thats 2 of my gripes , i do feel better now,

[bednobs]

:)

[askyourgran]

Hte it when you have a mouthful of said food and the waitress asks if everything is alright.

[Mick-Talbot]

Why would this annoy you?
ah, well .."each to their own

[tonyav]

At this moment in time is a good one.

[bednobs]

as i said i have no idea why it annoys me so!

[JonnyBoy12]

I like it when a waitress strips off her clothes and then offers herself to me on a plate. That is something I really would enjoy although it does not happen much in this country.

What is wrong with a waitress saying "Enjoy"? It is meant well.

[MarkRae]

I couldn't agree more, bednobs. It seems to me that the use of the reflexive pronouns is, bizarrely, considered to be somehow more correct or professional.

[Mick-Talbot]

I will bet more than 50% of posters have typed

"each to their own"

(I bet I have)

[bednobs]

yes mick, perhaps they do it to annoy me

[Mick-Talbot]

ooooh.......boxtops says it

[sherrardk]

Ok, I'll bite, what's a reflexive pronoun when it's at home?

[thenry]

whenever you feel annoyed bednob just take you, yourself and u and say "don't let the bar stewards grind me, myself and I down" and you will feel SO much better !

[237SJ]

I think it sounds more professional to say "myself" rather than "me". I think it`s just the way the business trend is. At least you`re not in the US where they say "she" and "he". That can be constued as quite rude.

[MarkRae]

It's the topic of the OP which we are presently discussing...

[237SJ]

Whoops, meant construed

[MarkRae]

> I think it sounds more professional to say "myself" rather than "me".

Why? It's nothing more than incorrect grammatical usage, like saying "none of them were there" instead of "none of them was there".

[sherrardk]

So are there more example of reflexive pronouns or is it a term just used for 'myself' and 'yourself'? (preferably without any smart arse answers)

[237SJ]

Because it sounds "softer" to say myself than me.

[237SJ]

Oh God (again) I meant it sounds softer to say myself than me. There are ways of saying things to customers.