FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 days agoIt is linguistically impossible to behave anyone but yourselfmessage-squaremessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up133arrow-down110
arrow-up123arrow-down1message-squareIt is linguistically impossible to behave anyone but yourselfFreshParsnip@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square20fedilink
minus-squaresnek_boi@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-22 days agoAs in “nobody acts like you”? Or as in “nobody’s words but your own words can guide your behavior”? Or as in “nobody but you can describe your own behavior”? Something else?
minus-squareStillwater@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up15·2 days agoI think its referring to the phrase “Behave yourself” - who else am I gonna behave?
minus-squaremarlowe221@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day agoWhich is why I often look at my 6 year old son and just say “Behave!” He knows who I’m talking about.
minus-squareFreshParsnip@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·2 days agoI’m talking about the phrase “behave yourself”. In the English language, there is no such thing as behaving someone else, only behaving yourself. I don’t know if there’s another language where “behave someone else” makes linguistic sense
minus-squareavattar@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 day agoHow about this phrase: “Make sure you daughter behaves herself”
minus-squareFreshParsnip@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 day agoThe daughter is behaving herself, not behaving someone else. In English, we don’t say “behave your daughter”
As in “nobody acts like you”?
Or as in “nobody’s words but your own words can guide your behavior”?
Or as in “nobody but you can describe your own behavior”?
Something else?
I think its referring to the phrase “Behave yourself” - who else am I gonna behave?
Which is why I often look at my 6 year old son and just say “Behave!”
He knows who I’m talking about.
Yes, exactly
I’m talking about the phrase “behave yourself”. In the English language, there is no such thing as behaving someone else, only behaving yourself. I don’t know if there’s another language where “behave someone else” makes linguistic sense
How about this phrase: “Make sure you daughter behaves herself”
The daughter is behaving herself, not behaving someone else. In English, we don’t say “behave your daughter”