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.                                                                                                                                      Thank you for your answer. WANG CHUN Joined on Thu, Sep 23 2004 Full Member 136 Nouns, Dialects, Pronouns

	Mister Micawber  +  421082 Wed, 19 Sep 07 03:22 PM A poor education? Mister Micawber Joined on Wed, Aug 4 2004 Yokohama Veteran Member 30,841 'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master-- that's all.'

	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. Alienvoord Joined on Tue, Jul 25 2006 Toronto Full Member 345 Nouns, Pronouns, Possessives

	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. Kooyeen Joined on Thu, Dec 22 2005 Italy Senior Member 4,985 Parental Advisory / Explicit Posts