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From answers com Speakers of some vernacular American dialects particularly in the South may use the possessive reflexive form hisself instead of himself as in He cut hisself shaving and theirselves or theirself for themselves as in They found theirselves alone These forms reflect the tendency of...

I sympathize with Jeff When I was learning English that s decades ago I read a grammar book delineating the same rule as Jeff brought up As years passed I realized that s a rather weird rule I checked it with native speakers they said in unison to the effect that I should forget the rule Ever...