pronouns (was: Footnotes/Endnotes formatting)

[Caballero Carlo.Caballero@xxxxxxxx]

On Wed, 9 Jan 2008, Carl Distefano wrote:
> how common they are. What bothers me, more than the whittling away
> of what little inflection is left in the language, is the prissy
> notion that it's rude to say "me" in polite company. An overblown
> fear of giving offense is what drives these stupid utterances; the
> accusative taken to a literal extreme. It's ridiculous.
Ah, yes, and let's remember that "myself" is more polite than "me"
(whereas it should really be more self-centered)! I'm sure we've all
heard things like, "He sent copies of the letter to Kim and myself."
What on earth started the popular feeling that "me" is somehow too vulgar
here? I should look in Fowler when I get home, if the "-self" habit isn't
too late an excrescence for my Gowers edition.

Just sharing your peeve, Carl.

--Carlo

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