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Use of 'yourself'

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nanna8 Mon 21-Feb-22 09:31:18

Sounds Irish to me. Himself agrees.

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Calendargirl Mon 21-Feb-22 09:29:34

Same as ‘myself’ seems to be used a lot now, instead of plain old ‘me’ or ‘I’.

“My husband and myself”….

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GrannyGravy13 Mon 21-Feb-22 09:25:24

The only place DH and I noticed the use of yourself was in and around Dublin a couple of years ago.

I cannot say that I have noticed it in London or Essex, but I will now look out for this expression.

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FarNorth Mon 21-Feb-22 09:06:12

I'm not fond of it used like that but I suppose they think it sounds less abrupt than 'you'.

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TillyTrotter Mon 21-Feb-22 08:56:24

Yes I find it odd too. When taking an order a waiter will say “and what for yourself?”. I don’t believe I was taught that way of phrasing a question when I was at school (long time ago I know).
Will be reading comments on here with interest - I may learn something I didn’t know. Thanks for starting thread OP.

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Beswitched Mon 21-Feb-22 08:53:08

Several times lately I have had younger people waiters, an estate agent etc using the word 'yourself' in a way I've never heard before. "I will ring yourself in the morning", "what can I get yourself?"
Does anyone else find this a bit jarring? What's wrong with the word 'you'?

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