It should be "himself".Whazzup wrote:I'm honest and trustworthy (except when it comes to chocolate - then it's every chocoholic for themself (grammer nazis, should that be "themselves"?)). :D:
Would that have something to do with elder female librarians (of decades past), who made the rules, tended to wish all males were neuter?Zazu wrote:It should be "himself".
Remember, the neuter and masculine genders in English are generally indistinguishable.
Unless her name was "Marion" and was in Iowa.Randy B wrote:Would that have something to do with elder female librarians (of decades past), who made the rules, tended to wish all males were neuter?
Randy
Congratulations Shorty.Shorty82 wrote:Just two weeks ago I interviewed with no clear idea on when I'll be moving and now it looks like I'll be moving in about 2 weeks.
WDW is very fortunate you chose to be a new CM. 
Wish you were at DLR! :)
Not that I expect the world to make sense, but why is it that some people rebel at the thought of using the masculine pronouns as referring to both sexes, but the same people (seemingly) are using masculine labels to refer to both, such as actor (instead of actress), waiter, etc.??? Just one of life's little quirks, I guess.Zazu wrote:It should be "himself".
Remember, the neuter and masculine genders in English are generally indistinguishable.
Oooh, an excellent idea, Pirate! "The Idiot's Guide to Becoming a CM."GRUMPY PIRATE wrote:Shorty, you should start a thread: "Journey to become a CM" or something similar, and give us all insight into your experience of becoming a full time CM!!
You could give hope and inspiration to millions!!
(well, okay, just us SGT'ers!)
