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

From:Dennis Paul Himes <dennis@...>
Date:Saturday, February 10, 2001, 4:17
Yoon Ha Lee <yl112@...> wrote:
> On Fri, 9 Feb 2001, Raymond Brown wrote: > > 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.
I use the first person plural, because the ego is both the first person and the second person. =========================================================================== Dennis Paul Himes <> dennis@himes.connix.com http://www.connix.com/~dennis/dennis.htm Disclaimer: "True, I talk of dreams; which are the children of an idle brain, begot of nothing but vain fantasy; which is as thin of substance as the air." - Romeo & Juliet, Act I Scene iv Verse 96-99