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Me and................

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CountessFosco Fri 22-Aug-25 16:42:21

Virtually every day, we read or hear "me and my husband/sister/friend etc", even on the BBC [well, that's not really surprising is it], but shouldn't the grammatically correct way be "My husband/sister/friend and I"? Or does the phrase "my husband and I" have other connotations? smile

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grumppa Sat 03-Jan-26 14:05:27

You are missing nothing, RosiesMawagain. I was just interested that it came naturally to Shakespeare.

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BrandyGran Sun 04-Jan-26 18:32:09

When my friend’s daughter was about 2 1/2 yrs old her mum opened a bag of crisps. The little girl said “me want some crisps”. Her mum answered “Say I want some crisps”. The little one replied”I want some crisps and ME want some too”! It was priceless!

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Boadicea Mon 05-Jan-26 11:50:31

BrandyGran

When my friend’s daughter was about 2 1/2 yrs old her mum opened a bag of crisps. The little girl said “me want some crisps”. Her mum answered “Say I want some crisps”. The little one replied”I want some crisps and ME want some too”! It was priceless!

I always taught my son to say "Please may I have...?" rather than "I want" which sounds rude to me.
It came back to bite me though when he was around 6: standing behind some teenagers in a cafe queue he heard one say "I want a coffee and fries" or something similar and piped up "I want doesn't get" (which is what my mother always used to say to us) - "You should say "Please may I have...?" !

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Suzieque66 Wed 07-Jan-26 09:20:49

I hate when people say " I was sat on the bus "

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Witzend Wed 07-Jan-26 09:43:00

Chardy

'Me and Fred' doesn't annoy me nearly as much as 'Fred and myself went to...'

Or even ‘Myself and Fred…’. 🤯

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