No one knows how to use the reflexive these days. Inaccurate use of ‘yourself’ sneaked over from Ireland about 20 years ago and has taken hold. I blame Father Ted.
I'm looking into this because I'm sure I've seen a blog about how it actually has a longer history.
It has a weird nuance to it... it's like saying 'you' is too direct, so 'yourself' impersonalises it a bit for business speak
@fizzy.bleach started
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No one knows how to use the reflexive these days. Inaccurate use of ‘yourself’ sneaked over from Ireland about 20 years ago and has taken hold. I blame Father Ted.