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Latest post Wed, Sep 19 2007 5:58 PM by Kooyeen. 3 replies.
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WANG CHUN  +  420906 Wed, 19 Sep 07 07:37 AM

 Hello

I wonder why some nonstandard dialects of English use the reflexive pronouns hisself instead of himself.

 

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Mister Micawber  +  421082 Wed, 19 Sep 07 03:22 PM

A poor education?

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Alienvoord  +  421110 Wed, 19 Sep 07 04:23 PM
One probable reason is that it is more regular than the standard forms. The possessive pronoun is used in almost all cases: myself, yourself, herself, ourselves. The exceptions are himself and themselves. So hisself and theirselves are attempts to regularize the pattern.
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Kooyeen  +  421151 Wed, 19 Sep 07 05:58 PM
 Mister Micawber wrote:

A poor education?

That must be a mistake, right?

I don't know why they use it, but Alienvoord might be right. I think I heard "theyself", but maybe I misheard it and it was actually "theirself" pronounced without the R. Smile [:)]

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