LizzieMaine
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The technical term for such usages as "he and myself" is "hypercorrection" --it comes from a fear of being seen as incorrect, under the assumption that a more ornate phrase is always higher prestige than a simple one. I've often noticed that this type of speech is very common among middle-class strivers.
Real upper class, highly-educated people are often refreshingly blunt in their speech. I remember one old-money Harvard WASP type who was a theatre regular turning to his wife upon entering and saying "you get the popcorn, I'm going to the can."
Real upper class, highly-educated people are often refreshingly blunt in their speech. I remember one old-money Harvard WASP type who was a theatre regular turning to his wife upon entering and saying "you get the popcorn, I'm going to the can."
