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The First-person pronoun (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠among the most misleading devices of our language when used for immediate experience.

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The First-person pronoun (n.) used ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠as subject recognizes no person, so asking whether it is really you who has the toothache is nonsense.

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The First-person pronoun (n.) puzzles: ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠'it is always I who see' does not mean 'always L. W.' — always who, then?

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The First-person pronoun (n.) differs ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠from 'L. W.' even if I am L. W., not by meaning something else but by being a different instrument.