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JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 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 · 15 days ago
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  • thesohoriots@lemmy.world
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    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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      i use “ye”, too, but only at renaissance festivals

  • Jerb322@lemmy.world
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    Depends on if I’m mad at myself…

    “I should go get some food.”

    “You fucking idiot.”

  • Thelsim@sh.itjust.works
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    I tend to just leave them out all together. Don’t know why though, maybe it’s faster?
    It feels a bit like when you read a book fast and skip over entire words.

    “Need to do some cleaning.”
    “How could this be done faster?”
    Or a common one:
    “Hungry” :)

    • ExperimentalGuy@programming.dev
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      Hungy

  • JakenVeina@lemm.ee
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    Interesting that several people are reporting using “you” for negative sentiments, because I use “I” for those as well. E.G. “Well, I’m a fucking idiot.”

  • darkmarx@lemmy.world
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    Depends which part of myself I’m talking to. If it’s just a general conversation, it’s “we.” If it’s more of a direct conversation to a part of my mind, it’s “you.” If I’m talking about myself to a third-party, such as this response, it’s “I.”

  • KingOogaBooga@lemmy.world
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    We. You are a combination of all the entities living on or in you. We are Us.

  • Inucune@lemmy.world
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    3rd person.

    • JackGreenEarth@lemm.eeOP
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      Distancing yourself from yourself, like an external narrator

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        More the equivalent of a parent using your full name before telling you to do something… But it is your own mental monologue.

  • icerunner_origin@startrek.website
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    ‘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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    Both, but it also depends on if I’m winning the argument or they are.

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    If it’s my internal monologue it’s usually “I”

    If I’m writing about myself (like a journal) then also “I”

    If it’s a note to remind myself of something then “you”

    I have written letters to myself in the future and those are always “you”

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

  • uhmbah@lemmy.ca
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    Yes. I says to you.

  • 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)

  • Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world
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    I am an “I”.

  • chickenf622@sh.itjust.works
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    I think I mix them interchangeably. Much to the chagrin of my English teachers.

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