Re: 1st person vocative (was: Language universal?)

On Fri, 9 Feb 2001, Elliott Lash wrote:

>   I always (well ok, informally) address myself as Elliott when speaking to
>   people. As an example:
>
>   Elliott really thinks that this was a bit too much about himself, Elliott wants to
>   go now ...... :)
That is truly an annoying habit.  Patrick recommends you disgard it.

I always talk to myself, and yes, I sometimes say things like, "well, me,
what should I do now?  I know, I'll have a cup of tea.  Then I'll check my
email and play UO.  Yes, that sounds like fun."  When alone, I do this
outloud.  When around others, I *try* to subvocalize.  Once in a while,
however, a conversation with myself *will* burst out in the presence of
others, especially if I'm getting excited, which explains why, when I was
living in a boarding house, I once said out of the blue in the kitchen,
"But Propagandhi are from Canada!"  I got some very strange looks.  I also
once growled, "That's the stupidest thing I ever heard," while walking to
class -- traumatizing some passers-by and probably coming pretty close to
getting myself beaten.  You must be more careful, me.

--Pat


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