Belly  +  460185 Fri, 04 Jan 08 02:14 AM What is the difference between selfsame and same? Belly Joined on Mon, Feb 19 2007 Regular Member 630 Difference Between

	Mister Micawber  +  460225 Fri, 04 Jan 08 04:28 AM Dictionaries tell us that selfsame = exactly the same.  Which implies that same is not necessarily the same, but can mean just 'very similar'.  Selfsame is also rather poetic or dated-- you won't hear speakers using it much.  Perhaps this is a signal that nowadays no one is willing to say that two things are exactly the same. Mister Micawber Joined on Wed, Aug 4 2004 Yokohama Veteran Member 30,507 'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master-- that's all.'