FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 months agoIt is linguistically impossible to behave anyone but yourselfmessage-squaremessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up124arrow-down18
arrow-up116arrow-down1message-squareIt is linguistically impossible to behave anyone but yourselfFreshParsnip@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square9fedilink
minus-squaresnek_boi@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-22 months agoAs in “nobody acts like you”? Or as in “nobody’s words but your own words can guide your behavior”? Or as in “nobody but you can describe your own behavior”? Something else?
minus-squareStillwater@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up12·2 months agoI think its referring to the phrase “Behave yourself” - who else am I gonna behave?
minus-squaremarlowe221@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoWhich is why I often look at my 6 year old son and just say “Behave!” He knows who I’m talking about.
minus-squareFreshParsnip@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·2 months agoI’m talking about the phrase “behave yourself”. In the English language, there is no such thing as behaving someone else, only behaving yourself. I don’t know if there’s another language where “behave someone else” makes linguistic sense
As in “nobody acts like you”?
Or as in “nobody’s words but your own words can guide your behavior”?
Or as in “nobody but you can describe your own behavior”?
Something else?
I think its referring to the phrase “Behave yourself” - who else am I gonna behave?
Which is why I often look at my 6 year old son and just say “Behave!”
He knows who I’m talking about.
Yes, exactly
I’m talking about the phrase “behave yourself”. In the English language, there is no such thing as behaving someone else, only behaving yourself. I don’t know if there’s another language where “behave someone else” makes linguistic sense