"Self" talk redux

Benjamin Zimmer bgzimmer at BABEL.LING.UPENN.EDU
Sat Jul 15 20:40:10 UTC 2006

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I posted a query here on the expression "So I said to myself,
'Self...'" back in November. My latest findings are now up on Language
Log:

http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/003351.html

Comments welcome, as always.


--Ben Zimmer

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