English

Pronoun

youself

1. Eye dialect spelling of yourself.
   • 1858, John Richter Jones, The Quaker Soldier: Or, The British in Philadelphia, Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson, chapter 38, 528:

     “Wat for, Massa Lynnford, you send dis nigga 'way and mos' quite git killed youself? Vy you do dis, Massa Lynnford? Dis nigga hab de right to git killed fust, Massa Lynnford! fust afore youself, Massa Lynnford! You know dat! Vy you send him 'way?” exclaimed Toby, who had got some jumbled-up account of what had happened.

   • 2012, James E. Ferrell, Cross-Pull, CrossBooks, ISBN 9781462715091 (softcover), ISBN 9781462715107 (harcover), chapter 23, 347:

     “Settle youself der, boy. Why, I won' be keepin' you from doin' what yore pa done said. Asides, it ain't gonna take too lon to has us a little drink. Look at de rain, boy; it be comin' down right fierce.”