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# I do believe..
that "it's self" is the olde worlde way of writing "itself". As in "of belonging to the self".
It is possible that I am full of ponky poo and I welcome any bilious retorts.
(, Fri 31 Jan 2003, 13:04, archived)
# Errrm
see above...
(sorry)


(Edit - I don't believe we normally converse in Ye Olde English, but it could become a fashion...)

(Edit agin - and according to www.dictionary.com, you're right.  Damn!)
(, Fri 31 Jan 2003, 13:06, archived)
# yeah.. but...
isn't "itself" just one of those words where the English language got a bit lazy and dropped all the punctuation?
This truly is a fascinating subject and deserves much board space.
[edit] nyahh nyahh!
(, Fri 31 Jan 2003, 13:10, archived)
# In which case it would be: "Its self"
still with no apostrawhotsit.
(, Fri 31 Jan 2003, 13:07, archived)