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

Raymond Brown wrote:
> What is the first person singular vocative in English?
I don't think there is.  I talk to myself from time to time, but I don't
remember ever using a vocative of "I".  I'll occasionally address myself
by *name* ("Come on, Nik, you really need to get up now"), but never
anything like *"Come on, me" or **"Come on, I" (the second sounds even
worse)

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