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JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 days ago

When talking to yourself, do you use the pronoun 'I' or 'you'?

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When talking to yourself, do you use the pronoun 'I' or 'you'?

JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 days ago
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  • embed_me@programming.dev
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    15 days ago

    Always I

  • KingOogaBooga@lemmy.world
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    17 days ago

    We. You are a combination of all the entities living on or in you. We are Us.

  • Agent641@lemmy.world
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    “We”

    “Do we think that leftover scree was important? Do we remember where it came from?”

    “We need to get some more sleep.”

    Sometimes it’s “You” when referring to the lazy, scared, or angry one.

    “You’re overreacting. You’ll be fine. You’re upset over nothing.”

    Never I.

  • Brewchin@lemmy.world
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    17 days ago

    Both. “I am an idiot.” “You should know better.”

  • Omega@discuss.online
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    17 days ago

    Mostly you

  • qyron@sopuli.xyz
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    I, you, we and thou.

    As in:

    “What am I doing?!”

    “You’re getting older, not younger.”

    “Let’s not do this again.”

    “Thou have lost the little bit of reasoning you had left.”

    And it scares people.

    • CandleTiger@programming.dev
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      17 days ago

      *Thou hast

      • Gloomy@mander.xyz
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        17 days ago

        Thou hast mich

  • 🇰 🔵 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@lemmy.world
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    Depends which side of myself is currently speaking.

  • squinky@lemm.ee
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    “We”. Not sure why. I guess it’s me and the person I’m talking to (who is also me)

  • fantine9@lemm.ee
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    17 days ago

    You. And also the pet name that my late husband used for me, if I’m feeling especially pitiful or otherwise in need of encouragement.

  • Elaine Cortez@lemm.ee
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    It varies between people, but for me it alternates!

  • ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@slrpnk.net
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    18 days ago

    “we” and other first-person-plurals

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      18 days ago

      We’re right there with y’all.

  • thesohoriots@lemmy.world
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    18 days ago

    Typically “you” if it’s in my head, but if said out loud it’s “I”

    • toy_boat_toy_boat@lemmy.world
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      18 days ago

      i use “ye”, too, but only at renaissance festivals

  • Flamekebab@piefed.social
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    It took me a moment to realise this was about inner monologues.

    • snek_boi@lemmy.ml
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      18 days ago

      Could be thinking out loud or reflection via writing 🤷‍♂️

  • icerunner_origin@startrek.website
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    18 days ago

    ‘One’

    • will@lemm.ee
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      “One” for me as well. No need to be so informal just because it’s all in my head.

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    18 days ago

    I call myself by name, like a parent scolding their child.

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