A letter to our country from myself
Dear America,
I hate to be the one to break this to you, but you are guilty of egregious overuse and misuse of the word "myself." For example, the sentence, "My husband and myself have two children" just ain't right. I don't get why this is confusing, since I never hear you saying, "Myself has two children."
Also, while I have your attention, can we discuss the pronoun "I"? I know you think you sound smart when you swap it out for "me," but believe it or not, sometimes "me" is right! That's just between you and me.
Love,
Karo
I hate to be the one to break this to you, but you are guilty of egregious overuse and misuse of the word "myself." For example, the sentence, "My husband and myself have two children" just ain't right. I don't get why this is confusing, since I never hear you saying, "Myself has two children."
Also, while I have your attention, can we discuss the pronoun "I"? I know you think you sound smart when you swap it out for "me," but believe it or not, sometimes "me" is right! That's just between you and me.
Love,
Karo
posted by Karo at 1/11/2005 04:21:00 PM
5 Comments:
First!
THANK YOU! I cannot stand when people say, "That's strictly between my husband and I." AAAAAAAAAAUGH. Give me a fork, so that I may stab out my eyes! Although I guess it's more appropriate to try to poke a knitting needle into my ears.
"Allow myself to introduce... myself."
Also, Paula Cole should be shot for:
So open up your morning light
And say a little prayer for I.I always mentally add a little something to the end there, so it is more like:
So open up your morning light
And say a little prayer for I [have some outpatient surgery today].
Preach it, sister!
Another one I hate is "whatnot." Cause we needed a fancier word for "stuff."
Just thought of another one that gets misued to death -- "literally." People, "literally" does not mean "really badly." Literally means that what you're saying should be taken ... LITERALLY. Therefore, the sentences "I want to hit the road ... LITERALLY!" and "My stomach is literally about to explode -- I am so full" do not make any sense. Unless you are going to punch the concrete or your stomach will ACTUALLY EXPLODE, you can leave off the "literally."
"It's wafer thin!"
What about when people use "literally," correctly, but pointlessly? Example: someone I know says things like, "This pasta was so bad that I literally had to wash my mouth out with Coke afterwards." Or, "I was so bored this weekend that I literally said to my boyfriend, 'I have GOT to get out of the house!'" Dude, I believe you. I didn't think you were using hyperbole.
It's all relative. There was a time when purists were up in arms over the advertising slogan "tastes good, like a cigarette should."
Are we omitting "ironical" from consideration?
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