myself
pronunciation
How to pronounce myself in British English:
UK [maɪˈself]
How to pronounce myself in American English:
US [maɪˈself]
Word Origin
- myself (pron.)
- c. 1500, alteration of meself, from Old English phrase (ic) me self, where me is "a kind of ethical dative" [OED], altered in Middle Ages from meself on analogy of herself, with her- felt as genitive; though analogous hisself remains bad form.
Example
- 1. I never thought of myself as a business person .
- 2. So how am I supposed to learn to sell myself at work ?
- 3. For the first year of zipcar , I didn 't pay myself .
- 4. In an effort to separate my review from the others , I 'm tempted to talk about myself .
- 5. I felt so frustrated and upset with myself . "