theirselves
Dialectal plural reflexive
Theirselves is a nonstandard reflexive pronoun used in place of themselves, formed by analogy with myself and yourself: They kept the best pieces for theirselves.
Though logical in construction, it's considered uneducated in standard English and rarely appears in formal writing.
Directed back at subject
- dialectRegional language variety
- vernacularEveryday regional speech
- pluralMore than one
- informalRelaxed, not official
colloquial · regional · nonstandard · grammatical · pronoun · emphatic · intensive · folk
Eastern U.S. mountain region
- SouthernOf the region below
- ScottishOf that northern kingdom
- IrishOf the Emerald Isle
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
oral tradition · community · identity · linguistic · regional variation · authenticity · sociolinguistic · code-switching
reflexive
Directed back at subject
- dialectRegional language variety
- vernacularEveryday regional speech
- pluralMore than one
informal · colloquial · regional · nonstandard · grammatical · pronoun · emphatic · intensive · folk · spoken
Appalachian
Eastern U.S. mountain region
heritage · oral tradition · community · identity · linguistic · regional variation · authenticity · sociolinguistic · code-switching · heritage speakers
- dialect wordsthee, thou, thy, thine, ye
- Southern dialecty'all, fixin to, bless your heart, reckon, howdy
- grammar debatesirregardless, ain't, split infinitive, singular they, could of