Misuse of the word "myself"

[Huckleberry]

It angers me greatly. Excuse me, in the words of 5 million idiots out there, I meant to say that it angers myself.

That is all.

[Franklinnoble]

I'm gonna get me a book on grammar for this thread...

[fantastic flying froggies]

I think hisself 's angry now...

[HornedFrog Purple]

I myself am one of those 5 million idiots.

That and my overuse of the hyphen continue to plague me.

[Desnudo]

Originally Posted by Huckleberry

It angers me greatly. Excuse me, in the words of 5 million idiots out there, I meant to say that it angers myself.

That is all.

Speaking only for myself, I'd have to say that I wouldn't let yourself get angry over something so absolutely pointless.

[AnalBumCover]

Originally Posted by Desnudo

Speaking only for myself, I'd have to say that I wouldn't let yourself get angry over something so absolutely pointless.

I agree. I definately wouldn't loose my cool over all this.

[IMetTrentGreen]

i was just going to start this thread myself

also, stephen f. austin high school graduates are perfect, and are allowed to get upset when the lesser beigns annoy them

[Huckleberry]

HFP -

You did not use it incorrectly in that sentence.

Desnudo -

Myself thanks yourself for the advice. While myself is not really angry about it, itself is more of a pet peeve of myself's.

[digamma]

I thought about starting a similar thread yesterday. A co-worker has drilled this into my head, so every time I hear it used improperly now, I shudder.

[HornedFrog Purple]

Don't worry, just give myself time.

[Huckleberry]

1) IMTG is correct, even though he had a typo in his post and even though I hate when it is referred to as SFA.

2) Learn this, love this, live this.

[Butter]

As for myself, I tend to overuse, commas.

[Desnudo]

Originally Posted by IMetTrentGreen

i was just going to start this thread myself

also, stephen f. austin high school graduates are perfect, and are allowed to get upset when the lesser beigns annoy them

Even when that superior being fails to capitalize Stephen F. Austin, thereby showing a flaw?

[Desnudo]

Originally Posted by Huckleberry

HFP -

You did not use it incorrectly in that sentence.

Desnudo -

Myself thanks yourself for the advice. While myself is not really angry about it, itself is more of a pet peeve of myself's.

Allow me to clarify myself. Irregardless of your feelings about yourself's reaction to the misusage, which, in and of itself, could be considered overreacting, I'm always happy to oblige.

[IMetTrentGreen]

we have moved beyond the primitive notions of capitalization

[Desnudo]

Originally Posted by IMetTrentGreen

we have moved beyond the primitive notions of capitalization

But not beyond the primitive notion of bragging about meeting a C-level athlete?

[IMetTrentGreen]

excuse me he is clearly b-level

c+ at worst

[RendeR]

If you get upset over grammar, you need to find something more useful to focus your time on. Get out of your home and volunteer somewhere, help society, teach children, or simply get a hobby.

[rkmsuf]

Originally Posted by RendeR

If you get upset over grammar, you need to find something more useful to focus your time on. Get out of your home and volunteer somewhere, help society, teach children, or simply get a hobby.

As long as it doens't involve spelling or writing you should be ok.

[Samdari]

Originally Posted by IMetTrentGreen

excuse me he is clearly b-level

c+ at worst

At least a b in skill/performance.

C or below in fame/recognition, so therefore, really a C.

[Desnudo]

Originally Posted by Samdari

At least a b in skill/performance.

C or below in fame/recognition, so therefore, really a C.

I would revise my initial estimate. Considering you'd get a lot of blank looks if you dropped his name at a party he's really low, a D. Considering even people who know who he is would wonder why you mentioned his name, he's an F. Although I disagree with B in skill/performance I'll let that rating stand. However, fame/recognition is much more important than talent when evaluating name dropping. So: 85 + 55(2)/3 = 65 or D.

[Huckleberry]

Originally Posted by RendeR

If you get upset over grammar, you need to find something more useful to focus your time on. Get out of your home and volunteer somewhere, help society, teach children, or simply get a hobby.

I volunteer in society to teach children proper grammar. It's my hobby.

[Huckleberry]

http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science....ap/index.html

"It's a very exciting paper," said anthropologist Katerina Harvati of New York University. "Our current understanding of Neanderthals is that they're brutish and stupid, even though it turns out they have larger brains on average than ourselves."

It's all reflexive pronouns. AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!

RendeR -

Just to clarify, were you serious?

[RendeR]

Originally Posted by Huckleberry

http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science....ap/index.html



It's all reflexive pronouns. AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!

RendeR -

Just to clarify, were you serious?

I was serious to the point that getting upset over someone else's grammar is a complete waste of your time.

instead of wasting energy spouting off about it, be out there in your community teaching it.

I mean, come on, grammar is important if you're writing something professionally or for a class or as your job. But in general conversation grammar != dialect, which is how conversations take place.

I just think its utterly stupid to get upset over something so intrinsicly(sp?) unimportant in general conversation.


and to reply to someone else, my typing ability is terrible, my spelling is generally good though.

[Huckleberry]

That's the problem. I notice it more often at work than elsewhere. The problem is caused by idiots trying to sound more official. In their attempt to do so, they end up sounding like the idiots they are.

[IMetTrentGreen]

you must have small genitals

[IMetTrentGreen]

which is probably why you got that kickin new ride

[Huckleberry]

I want to clarify my previous post. They're not really idiots. Just ignorant.

More importantly, my ride is sweet. Big Pimpin' is the name.

[QuikSand]

I just came from a meeting, where I was subjected to a lengthy sales pitch about a financial services firm. The speaker, in his first three minutes, managed to both misuse the term "himself" in this fashion, and also sneak in another of my personal favorites... "extremely unique."

If part of your business is selling your attention to detail - I think you need to do better than that.

[Franklinnoble]

I was hoping to see some reflectoporn in that picture.

[Glengoyne]

Just what I needed. Another grammar pet peeve to adopt and use to grind the nerves of my co-workers.

[Desnudo]

Originally Posted by Huckleberry

I want to clarify my previous post. They're not really idiots. Just ignorant.

More importantly, my ride is sweet. Big Pimpin' is the name.

I can't see Big Pimpin' with that ugly ass caravan in front of it.

[BigJohn&TheLions]

Looking at the devil
Grinning at his gun
Fingers start shaking
I begin to run

Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)

Bullets start chasing
I begin to stop
We begin to wrestle and
I was on the top

I want to Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)...

Thank you for the party
I could never stay
Many things is on my mind
Words in the way

Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)...

[Huckleberry]

That ain't no caravan. That's a Chrysler Town & Country, baby.

[JeeberD]

Huck's a good Texan. He's got a pickup in his driveway. The minivan, on the other hand, has got to go...

QS-

What's wrong with "extremly unique"?

[QuikSand]

Originally Posted by JeeberD

QS-

What's wrong with "extremly unique"?

The word "unique" takes no qualifier. Something is either unique (one of a kind) or it isn't, period. There's no very unique, most unique, or extremely unique -- just unique, that's it.

It's a common case of people just adding superfluous words to try to sound more emphatic.

[JeeberD]

That makes sense. Thanks for the explanation...

[Huckleberry]

That minivan has 215 horsepower. Vroom vroom. Not that it's a lot, but it's an upgrade over my SUV that I traded in enginewise.

I have no problems being a minivan man. You have two kids and it'll happen. I do have a problem with the misuse of reflexive pronouns.

[Desnudo]

Originally Posted by Huckleberry

That minivan has 215 horsepower. Vroom vroom. Not that it's a lot, but it's an upgrade over my SUV that I traded in enginewise.

I have no problems being a minivan man. You have two kids and it'll happen. I do have a problem with the misuse of reflexive pronouns.

I'm not making fun of the minivan. I'm making fun of a minivan called "Big Pimpin'." Although society, including families with two kids, did make it through all right the past eight thousand years or so without them. Just stick a couple of milk crates in the back of that truck. I've already taken a blood oath never to get a minivan myself...

Maybe there's a kid's show that can be created around you. There's a new sheriff in town and he don't like misused reflexive pronouns.

[Huckleberry]

I prefer not to have children ride in milk crates. I'm a crazy dude.

And I thought the Big Pimpin' name was pretty clearly a joke, but you can go ahead and call it that.

[Desnudo]

Originally Posted by Huckleberry

I prefer not to have children ride in milk crates. I'm a crazy dude.

And I thought the Big Pimpin' name was pretty clearly a joke, but you can go ahead and call it that.

Aww. You post a photo of your minivan on the web, you have to expect some jibes.

[WSUCougar]

Originally Posted by QuikSand

It's a common case of people just adding superfluous words to try to sound more emphatic.

Was the use of "more emphatic" intentional?

[primelord]

Originally Posted by QuikSand

The word "unique" takes no qualifier.

That's not the case in every situation is it? Couldn't something be almost unique?

[rkmsuf]

are there big coincidences, small coincidences or just coincidences?

[QuikSand]

Originally Posted by primelord

That's not the case in every situation is it? Couldn't something be almost unique?

I suppose this might pass, to then extent that one meant "so rare as to be nearly one of a kind." I find this usage to be a little loose, but probably acceptable.

I guess technically, what I should say is that the word "unique" accepts no qualifiers to its degree.


As for "coincidence"... I'd say that any use of "big" or "small" to adjoin to the word is inherently loose usage at best. I don't see that phrase as really being idiomatic - rather, it's just people who don't have very many words under their command using the best fits that can muster. (That's the story for most of these situations)

[Desnudo]

Originally Posted by primelord

That's not the case in every situation is it? Couldn't something be almost unique?

If someone used that in a sentence, I would instinctually think it was wrong.

[BigJohn&TheLions]

Originally Posted by JeeberD

Huck's a good Texan. He's got a pickup in his driveway. The minivan, on the other hand, has got to go...

QS-

What's wrong with "extremly unique"?

Maybe he is a good Texan, as in a pickup you can only fit one gun rack. In a minivan you can fit 47.

[IMetTrentGreen]

soccermomerberry a good texan becuase he electrocutes everyone who misuses a word