hisself
Nonstandard male reflexive
Hisself is a nonstandard form of himself, used in some rural and working-class dialects: He hurt hisself falling off the ladder.
Though grammatically parallel to myself and yourself (where the possessive pronoun precedes -self), standard English uses himself instead.
The form persists in Appalachian, Southern, and some British dialects.
Everyday regional speech
- nonstandardDeparting from established norms
- colloquialCasual, everyday language
- regionalRelating to an area
- AppalachianEastern U.S. mountain region
Southern · rural · folk · informal · spoken · sociolect · reflexive · pronoun
Concentrated and thorough
- stressPressure, mental or vocal
- emphasisStress given to something
- aloneWithout others present
- unaidedWithout external support
personally · in person · solo · unassisted · individually · singlehandedly
vernacular
Everyday regional speech
- nonstandardDeparting from established norms
- colloquialCasual, everyday language
- regionalRelating to an area
Appalachian · Southern · rural · folk · informal · spoken · sociolect · reflexive · pronoun · working-class
intensive
Concentrated and thorough
unaided · personally · in person · solo · unassisted · individually · singlehandedly
- dialect wordsthee, thou, thy, thine, thyself
- Southern dialecty'all, fixin to, bless your heart, reckon, howdy
- Newfoundland SlangCFA, screech, mummer, outport, bayman
- grammar debatesirregardless, ain't, split infinitive, singular they, could of