>>>>>Use of these is getting worse. Some examples, not from real life, but typical of what I've experienced/heard a lot lately:
>>>>>
>>>>>"Hi Mr McDonnell. I was wondering if our offer has reached yourself yet."
>>>>>"Could you manage to make payment to ourselves by the end of the week."
>>>>>"We're sending the order to yourselves direct."
>>>>>"There's just myself and yourself here."
>>>>
>>>>I read a comment today where the individual (who holds a Masters and several other degrees) wrote:
>>>>
>>>>I look forward to working with yourselves and ....
>>>>
>>>>:o)
>>>>
>>>>The author of the comment is English (London area)....
>>>
>>>Doesn't surprise me. It's the bloody English telephone people (predominantly) from whom I hear it.
>>>
>>>Another thing I can't understand is:
>>>
>>>A script writer, writing, say, a screen or teleplay, writes dialogue like:
>>>
>>>MATT "That's entirely between you and I"
>>>
>>>and this grammatical error might be said several times in the scene
>>>
>>>yet neither the actors (many of whom SHOULD be grammatically well educated) involved in the scene, nor the director, nor a proof-reader, nor ancillary staff on hand, nor anyone spots it.
>>>
>>>Drives me mad!
>>
>>I will forgive a scriptwriter. It's more important for their dialogue to be authentic, i.e. the way people really speak, than grammatically correct. It's not supposed to be an English lesson.
>
>I agree somewhat. My suspicion is that advertising companies disregard the language in the name of the bottom line. I believe that were first to coin the disgusting phrase "Healthy meal" and for that they need their collective arses kicked.

George Carlin had a great routine about fanciful labeling on packaged foods. "Let me tell you something," he said. "Nothing that comes in a can is Home Made."