Did you know that the word themself is not a legitimate word?

This is a very sad reality.  There is a small loophole, a small exception like a Ford that works; where this word can exist.  There is a very rare case where this word is needed.

The exception is if there was a person that had a multiple personality.  His name was Tommy and he had a friend that no one else could see that he always talked to, named Timmy.  So for an example I am having a conversation with you about Tommy and I am explaining his situation: “Tommy seems to be talking to himselves a lot.”  To say that he was simply talking to himself is not correct for this statement does not describe that the situation that Tommy multiple personality disorder.  This may imply that Tommy was simply talking to himself like any person might do.

There are real people, just like Tommy that need this word to be legitimized. I would get that powerful super-writer Mark Twain to help but someone said he is dead. How inconvenient and inconsiderate of him.

Tim Stanley

Re: Did you know that the word themself is not a legitimate word?

I liked reading Tim(my) Stanley’s piece about his friend Tommy and wish him/them all the best in his/their academic writing career.  He/They make/s a legitimate point about the usefulness of the non-word themself in a unique situation.  Mark Twain and I say, “Go ahead and use the word, Tim, if you really need to, but don’t put it in your papers at EBC!”

You might ask why Mark Twain can write ungrammatical sentence fragments and get away with it and you can’t.  That’s because he’s Mark Twain, and you’re not!

Carol Blake