# When you talk to yourself in the mirror, how do you address yourself? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 28, 2010, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-talk-to-yourself-in-the-mirror-how-do-you-address-yourself/541073 "2010-05-28T15:10:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2010, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-talk-to-yourself-in-the-mirror-how-do-you-address-yourself/541073/61 "2010-06-01T19:12:50Z")
Is there anyone else who hasn’t voted in the poll because it’s too much effort to try to figure those all out? ---
**Author:** ![rhubarbarin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb9ed0/32.png) [@rhubarbarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhubarbarin)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2010, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-talk-to-yourself-in-the-mirror-how-do-you-address-yourself/541073/62 "2010-06-02T03:36:32Z")
I have never talked to myself in the mirror or any other reflective surface. Heh. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2010, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-talk-to-yourself-in-the-mirror-how-do-you-address-yourself/541073/63 "2010-06-02T04:01:30Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Is there anyone else who hasn’t voted in the poll because it’s too much effort to try to figure those all out? Juh? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2010, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-talk-to-yourself-in-the-mirror-how-do-you-address-yourself/541073/64 "2010-06-02T05:41:54Z")
First person, second person, third person plural - too much effort to figure out what all those things are with respect to talking to myself. ---
**Author:** ![Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2010, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-talk-to-yourself-in-the-mirror-how-do-you-address-yourself/541073/65 "2010-06-02T08:53:43Z")
I give the person in the mirror a nickname. ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2010, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-talk-to-yourself-in-the-mirror-how-do-you-address-yourself/541073/66 "2010-06-02T09:04:59Z")
_“Hey, you there in the mirror! Look at me when I’m talking to you.”_ is how it usually goes for me. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2010, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-talk-to-yourself-in-the-mirror-how-do-you-address-yourself/541073/67 "2010-06-02T12:20:32Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > First person, second person, third person plural - too much effort to figure out what all those things are with respect to talking to myself. Oh. First, singular: I First, plural: We Second: You Third, singular: He/She Third, plural: They ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-talk-to-yourself-in-the-mirror-how-do-you-address-yourself/541073/68 "2010-06-04T02:58:25Z")
Yeh, I don’t think I’ve ever talked to myself in the mirror. It never occurred to me to take personal reflection so… Literally. But when I’m having internal dialog it’s mostly first-person, singular when I’m praising myself or ruminating over something, and second-person when I’ve fucked up and am admonishing myself. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-talk-to-yourself-in-the-mirror-how-do-you-address-yourself/541073.md?page=3)