Jenny: But surely Lord Blakely could not abandon his estates for so long. Gareth: No. Lord Blakely could not. Not unless he had someone he could trust to run his estates in his absence. And Lord Blakely...Well, Lord Blakely did not trust anyone. Jenny: Lord Blakely is talking about himself in the third person, past tense. Its disturbing. Courtney Milan
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The idea that you should never talk about someone in the third person implies that they are not important. If Lord Blakely is talking about himself in the third person, he must not be important. It is assumed that if someone is talking about themselves, they are incapable of doing so. The idea of talking about yourself in the third person is disturbing because it suggests that you do not know who you are.

Source: Proof By Seduction

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