Emself vs Thonself - What's the difference?
emself | thonself | Synonyms |
(neologism, reflexive) em, themself; .
* {{quote-news
, date = 1975-08-23
, title = Ey has a word for it
, newspaper = Chicago Tribune
, first = Judie
, last = Black
, section = 1
, page = 12
, passage = Eir sentences would sound smoother since ey wouldn't clutter them with the old sexist pronouns. And if ey should trip up in the new usage, ey would only have emself to blame.
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* {{quote-book
, year = 2003
, title = Yib's Guide to MOOing: Getting the Most from Virtual Communities on the Internet
, first = Elizabeth
, last = Hess
, publisher = Trafford Publishing
, isbn = 9781412002905
, ol = 11711229M
, page = 233
, pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=2l5yrb2rJ9EC&pg=PA233
, passage = In this particular instance, a wizard eventually took it upon emself to @toad Mr_Bungle...
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* {{quote-book
, date = 2004-03-31
, title = Hello World : travels in virtuality
, first = Sue
, last = Thomas
, page = 78
, publisher = Raw Nerve Books
, isbn = 9780953658565
, ol = 4487793W
, url = http://books.google.com/books?id=4vweAQAAIAAJ
, passage = The adult worries much less; is cautious, sensible and knows how to protect emself and eir system from attack and error.
}}
* {{quote-book
, year = 2007
, title = Larkenia's Flaws: Volume 1
, author = Morgan O'Friel
, page = 136
, publisher = TheSpindle
, location = Grand Rapids
, isbn = 9780615147536
, pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=SlwptL0XfdUC&pg=PA136
, passage = As he(SIC) struggled to yank Sarah back to eir room, Edward promised emself that ey'd do whatever ey could to save what was left of eir sibling's sanity- and protect em from their monster of a mother.
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(neologism, emphatic) em, themself; .
(neologism, archaic, reflexive) themself;
* {{quote-journal
, year = 1885
, month = June
, title = Local Circles
, journal = The Chataquan
, volume = 5
, number = 9
, page = 544
, url = http://books.google.com/books?id=33kAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA544
, passage = Each of the members is expected to inform ‘thonself ’ on the topic thus allotted, and to be prepared to give an opinion or ask questions.
}}
* {{quote-book
, year = 1895
, title = Outlines of Psychology
, first = Henry Graham
, last = Williams
, publisher = C. W. Bardee
, location = Syracuse
, edition = 3rd
, page = 5
, ol = 25083084M
, ia = outlinesofpsycho01will
, id =
, url = http://books.google.com/books?id=_BEAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA5
, passage = Every student should acquaint thonself with some method by which thon can positively correlate the facts of thons knowledge.
}}
* {{quote-book
, year = 1898
, title = The Seri Indians
, first = W. J.
, last = McGee
, editor = J. W. Powell
, journal = Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1895-1896
, city = Washington
, page = 283
, url = http://books.google.com/books?id=SI8qAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA283
, passage = Thus neither man nor maid mates for thonself , but both love and move in the tribal interests and along the lines laid down by the tribal leaders.
}}
* {{quote-book
, year = 1985
, title = On Writing Well: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction
, first = William Knowlton
, last = Zinsser
, authorlink = William Zinsser
, publisher = Harper & Row
, location = New York
, edition = 3rd
, page = 121
, url = http://books.google.com/books?id=fiZFAAAAYAAJ
, isbn = 978-0060154097
, id =
, lccn = 84048208
, passage = Maybe I don't speak for the average American, but I very much doubt that thon wants that word in thons language or that thon would use it thonself .
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