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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've occasionally heard men in the UK refer to
their wives/female partners using a reflexive pronoun as subject as follows:
"Herself won't be interested" or "Herself will be staying in tonight". The
effect is slightly humorous, and seems to imply that the wife/partner is the
dominant member in the relationship.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mick</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Dr Mick Perkins<BR>Senior Lecturer in Clinical
Linguistics <BR>Department of Human Communication Sciences<BR>University of
Sheffield<BR>Sheffield S10 2TN<BR>UK</DIV>
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