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Himself vs Emself - What's the difference?

himself | emself | Hyponyms |

Himself is a hyponym of emself.


As pronouns the difference between himself and emself

is that himself is the reflexive pronoun for god while emself is (neologism|reflexive) em, themself;.

himself

English

Pronoun

  • (label) Him; (the male object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject)
  • *
  • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=2 , passage=Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. He was dressed out in broad gaiters and bright tweeds, like an English tourist, and his face might have belonged to Dagon, idol of the Philistines.}}
  • (label) He;
  • * Bible, (w) vii. 14
  • The Lord himself shall give you a sign.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2014-06-21, volume=411, issue=8892, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= Magician’s brain , passage=The [Isaac] Newton that emerges from the [unpublished] manuscripts is far from the popular image of a rational practitioner of cold and pure reason. The architect of modern science was himself not very modern. He was obsessed with alchemy.}}
  • The subject or non-reflexive object of a predicate; "he himself".
  • *, II.7:
  • Yet it is that himselfe had been liberally gratified by his Unkle with militarie rewards, before ever he went to warres.
  • * Sir (1614-1669)
  • With shame remembers, while himself' was one / Of the same herd, ' himself the same had done.
  • * 1998 , Kirk Jones, Waking Ned , Tomboy films
  • Dennis: His glass is there and himself is in the toilet.
  • Synonyms

    * hisself

    Statistics

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    emself

    English

    Pronoun

  • (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. }}
  • * {{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... }}
  • * {{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. }}
  • (neologism, emphatic) em, themself; .
  • Synonyms

    * themself * (neologism) hirself

    Hyponyms

    * himself, herself

    See also

    * other gender-neutral pronouns English third person pronouns