yerself

Dialectal reflexive pronoun

Yerself is a dialectal or informal pronunciation spelling of yourself, common in Scottish, Irish, and some regional American speech.

It appears in dialogue to convey accent or casual tone: Take care of yerself now.

Like other "yer" forms, it signals folksy or working-class speech in written representation.

dialectal

ye

Archaic second-person plural

  • yerInformal second-person possessive
  • youseInformal second-person plural
  • y'allInformal plural you

thee · thou · dialect · vernacular · colloquial · regionalism · brogue · Scottish · Irish · Yorkshire

informal

casual

Relaxed and informal

familiar · intimate · folksy · chatty · down-to-earth · approachable · unpretentious · easygoing · homey · cozy

reflexive

identity

Who someone is

persona · being · soul · selfhood · personhood

Opposites
register/formality

yerselfyourself

Reflexive second person

oneself · thyself

person reference

yerselfmyself

First-person reflexive pronoun

himself · herself · themselves · meself · ourselves

Family

self, myself, himself, yourself, oneself, herself, itself, ourselves, themselves

Familiarity
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