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Herself vs Thonself - What's the difference?

herself | thonself | Hyponyms |

Thonself is a hyponym of herself.



As pronouns the difference between herself and thonself

is that herself is her; the female object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject.thonself is themself; gender-neutral object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject, coordinate with {{term|himself or {{term|herself}}, the reflexive form of {{term|thon}}.}.

herself

English

Pronoun

  • (reflexive) Her;
  • * , chapter=17
  • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=This time was most dreadful for Lilian. Thrown on her own resources and almost penniless, she maintained herself and paid the rent of a wretched room near the hospital by working as a charwoman, sempstress, anything. In a moment she had dropped to the level of a casual labourer.}}
  • (emphatic) She;
  • (slang) A self-important female.
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    thonself

    English

    Pronoun

    (head)
  • (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 . }}

    Synonyms

    * themself * (neologism) emself, hirself

    Hyponyms

    * himself, herself

    See also

    * other gender-neutral pronouns English third person pronouns