On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 12:43:20 +0000, scott wrote:

>>> Repeat after me:
>>>
>>> You talk to me.
>>> I talk to you.
>>> I talk to myself.
>>> You talk to yourself.
>>>
>>> You do not talk to myself, and I do not talk to yourself.
>>>
>>> This error seems to be contagious in my office.
>>
>> That is bizarre. A new paradigm emerging?
> 
> It seems to be a couple of people that started using it (interestingly
> who sit next to each other), and then a few more started saying it.
> Because I noticed it and thought about it, I now notice every single
> time someone does it. We even had this in an official company
> announcement from a senior manager:
> 
> "Reporting to myself, Joe Bloggs will take on overall responsibility for
> YYY."
> 
> Reporting to yourself must be nice.

I once had an English teacher who insisted that saying that you "found 
yourself" was nonsense, because how do you "lose yourself"?

Jim



-- 
"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and 
besides, the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw

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