"yersel" means: Geordie dialect pronunciation and spelling of yourself, typical of the Tyneside accent of northeast England. Used in natural speech exactly.... This is technical or formal vocabulary, more likely to appear in school work, news or a particular profession than in peer chat. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than risky behaviour. If your child uses the term, it is usually a sign of curiosity about a subject area. A short follow-up question about where they came across it is usually all that is needed.
yersel
Geordie dialect pronunciation and spelling of yourself, typical of the Tyneside accent of northeast England.
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Geordie dialect pronunciation and spelling of yourself, typical of the Tyneside accent of northeast England. Used in natural speech exactly where standard English would use yourself. Geordie retains a number of older English pronoun forms, and yersel is a well-documented example. Primarily spoken; rarely appears in formal writing.
Sort it out yersel, man — I am not doing everything for you.
"yersel" means: Geordie dialect pronunciation and spelling of yourself, typical of the Tyneside accent of northeast England. Used in natural speech exactly.... This is technical or formal vocabulary, more likely to appear in school work, news or a particular profession than in peer chat. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than risky behaviour. If your child uses the term, it is usually a sign of curiosity about a subject area. A short follow-up question about where they came across it is usually all that is needed.
"yersel" means: Geordie dialect pronunciation and spelling of yourself, typical of the Tyneside accent of northeast England. Used in natural speech exactly.... Register: formal or technical English, standard in its specialist domain (law, medicine, science, finance, etc.). Gloss the term with a plain synonym when writing for a general audience. Note the regional or dialect label (Geordie) — usage may sound odd outside that variety. A common non-native mistake is to use the word in the wrong register, or to assume one fixed meaning when it is actually polysemous; always check the surrounding register and the audience before producing it yourself. In formal writing, prefer a neutral synonym or a short descriptive phrase, and use
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(Geordie) yourself.
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A Yorkshire and East Midlands dialectal form of 'myself.' Part of the distinctive reflexive pronoun system of these regional dialects, where 'me' becomes the base for reflexive forms: mysen (myself), thissen (yourself), hissen (himself), etc. Used unselfconsciously in regional speech.
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(Yorkshire, East Midlands) Yourself.
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(uncountable) Regional form of English spoken by Geordies, people from Tyneside.
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