>>As a non-native english speaker, I'm absolutely not in a position to tell right from wrong, but speaking a germanic language (Dutch and English are from the same family) I'll throw my 2 cents in here.
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>>>>Yeah, drives me nuts, too. Here's what I have about this on my website (http://www.tomorrowssolutionsllc.com/writingtips.htm):
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>>>>Don't abuse the "self" words. These words ("myself," "yourself," etc.) belong in a sentence only if the corresponding pronoun has already appeared. For example, this is correct:
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>>>>"I'll take care of it myself."
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>>>>But this is wrong:
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>>>>"He had a meeting with John and myself."
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>>Hmmm, I've been using this quite frequent in cases where I want to emphasize and stress the myself part. Is this wrong?
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>See:
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>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reflexive_pronoun
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>When the rerlexive pronoun is being used it is because the action "reflects" back on the subject. I can kill myself but no one else can kill myself; they can kill themselves or me.
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>So how can I explain this to yourself?

:) I got that one...

Language always has been difficult to me... Esspecially the rules... So I have to do with experience and intuition. Therefore I would say, you're right you cannot say:

He killed myself

But intuitively i find it acceptable to say

"He called, John, Dave and Myself" , esspecailly when you want to emphasize the myself part. But again, it is not playing the rules of the language.