Referring Yourself in the Third Person: Isn't It So Darn Annoying?

[Sovkiller]

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Originally Posted by dj_mocok Can't stand it anymore... have... to.. rant... ugh... I'm getting fed up of seeing people referring themselves in the third person. I found so many people do this in their Photo.Net portfolios (front page). What is wrong with these people. Example: Mr. Butt started his photography by the age of 20, with this equipment blah blah... Mr Butt. is currently ranked on yada yada yada.. Mr Butt's pictures have been featured in the blah blah... This has not only motivated and fine tuned his photography skills...yada yada.. His images are yada yada... Oh my God, it makes me nauseous - especially when the person's skills is not up to his mouth (fingers?). Even if you are a pro, and if you referred to yourself in third person, I'd still consider you a one snobbish A-hole. Referring yourself in third person should be made illegal. Well with the exception for dumb or something like that... " Hulk is angry..." or "Tarzan want banana" Phew.

it is all the opposite, while you write cetain legal documents, and formal ones it is a good practice, to write in third person instead of refering to yourself in first person, not sure who create this tradition but it is like that...

 

[Denim]

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Originally Posted by dj_mocok For The Rock, I can understand, he is The Rock afterall. But not some middle aged guy sitting at home in his undies in front of a monitor typing and referring himself as 3rd person.

For the record, Denim is never in his undies while in front of a monitor typing. The guy who asked about wearing boxers in public is in his undies at this moment.

 

[JaGWiRE]

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Originally Posted by Denim For the record, Denim is never in his undies while in front of a monitor typing. The guy who asked about wearing boxers in public is in his undies at this moment.

But does Denim wear Denim undies?

 

[Kwisatz]

My shop teacher back in highschool used to refer to himself in third person. Honestly, at first I had no clue whether he was the teacher or not, as it made it seem like he was always refering to somebody else. After a couple of days I couldn't stand it anymore and asked, "When is Mr. Such-and-such actually going to be teaching the class?". That seemed to confuse him hehe, but he did clarify that he was Mr. Such-and-such using the term "I". Unfortunately he reverted right back to third person after that. Ticked Kwisatz off it did.

 

[JaGWiRE]

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Originally Posted by Kwisatz My shop teacher back in highschool used to refer to himself in third person. Honestly, at first I had no clue whether he was the teacher or not, as it made it seem like he was always refering to somebody else. After a couple of days I couldn't stand it anymore and asked, "When is Mr. Such-and-such actually going to be teaching the class?". That seemed to confuse him hehe, but he did clarify that he was Mr. Such-and-such using the term "I". Unfortunately he reverted right back to third person after that. Ticked Kwisatz off it did.

And that teacher was a moron of morons.