What causes a person to speak in the third person? "Me, mine, my, I" phobia?

[Stacey27520]

Originally Posted by purehuman

I think you hit the nail on the head with that one...I totally agree.
either that, or like some people do, (doctors and care givers especially) they're being condescending, such as when they ask you...."so, how are WE feeling today".

Yes, this happens to me at doc offices. I finally responded, "'We' am not feeling well at all." Loved the silence afterwards.

[quigboto]

Originally Posted by Cinebar

Yeah. I don't know about that.

There used to be somebody on this forum who always referred to himself in the third person. He had neither empathy OR wisdom.

He was just a troll who posted things to try to stir **** up and for attention. lol

And when he finally got banned, another sock puppet popped up which miraculously no longer referred to themselves in the third person.

[Nancy739]

You would have to be of British heritage to understand, but we forgive you

[SnazzyB]

I have a facebook friend, who the last time I saw her, was the day after she gave birth to her firstborn. I went to visit her in the hospital. This was a lady I worked with, and was good friends with.


So anyway, I go to visit her in the hospital. It was the weirdest thing...she'd like...speak for the baby, or TO the baby, about me. It was odd.


"Noah, is Miss Sassy cuddling you?"
"Noah, is Miss Sassy making you sleepy?"
"Noah, Miss Sassy brought us something from the gift shop."


It took me a little bit to get used to that. At first, I was like "Noah is less than 24 hours old...why are we using Noah as the go between? Like I said, it was odd.