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

From:John Cowan <cowan@...>
Date:Saturday, February 10, 2001, 1:57
Lars Henrik Mathiesen scripsit:

> And then I said to myself, "Myself," I said, "I'd better get > out of here fast."
This style is also to be heard in English, but with "Self" instead of "Myself" as the vocative word. A quick google found dozens of examples. -- John Cowan cowan@ccil.org One art/there is/no less/no more/All things/to do/with sparks/galore --Douglas Hofstadter