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

From:Elliott Lash <al260@...>
Date:Friday, February 9, 2001, 19:30
Does anyone in any language actually address the ego in intrapersonal [sic]
> communication?
Er...I sometimes address myself, but I use the *third* person--this being not particularly uncommon in Korean, and I guess the habit carried over into my English-speaking. (Too bad reminding myself of things is generally not, hmm, very effective.) And then sometimes I slip from that into the 2nd or 1st. But probably saying things like "*Good* Yoon Ha. *Don't* forget your socks." (And yes, it's fairly easy to tell I'm weird. =^p 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 ...... :) Elliott