"Get out of bed or you will run yourself late"
Specifically the "run yourself late" part
2007-03-13 04:08:21 · 9 answers · asked by josietheninja 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
It's a Southern expression. I heard that expression a LOTTT when I lived in the Shenandoah Valley of VA for 11 years. Hardly anything spoken there was grammatically correct, but it sure was colorful, pleasant to listen to and fun to imitate. As you can see, you still understood the message that was intended.
2007-03-13 04:18:15 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, you cannot "run yourself late". That grammatically does not make sense but as long as you understand what the person is trying to say, that is what counts. It is a southern term (regional) meaning that you need to get out of bed or "you'll be late".
2007-03-16 03:01:54 · answer #2 · answered by azguitar 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it makes sense. It is just an unusual and, as one person put it, "colorful" use of words. But that's the beauty of the English language; it's so flexible and versatile.
There is one minor grammar problem...using "yourself." There is an arcane grammar rule that says using "*self" after a pronoun is redundant. For example, "I myself will..." is frowned on; or "You...yourself...."
But, hey, these are guidelines and "you will run yourself late" is charming. You will run yourself ragged trying to satisfy all the rules all the time.
2007-03-13 11:51:30 · answer #3 · answered by oldprof 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In a way it makes sense.If you keep hitting the snooze bar you'll only succeed at making your self late and you'll be running around the house to get there on time.So rather than say all of that it was shortened to easily be remembered.
2007-03-13 11:19:59 · answer #4 · answered by redwingnut16 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In a strange way,,,yes,,,,I would phrase it differently myself...leave out the yourself part,,,it's "you" understood...and redundant, it's already been used in the sentence.
2007-03-13 11:23:55 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it doesn't. Well, I suppose it makes sense only because I know what it is trying to say, but it is completely grammatically incorrect.
2007-03-13 11:12:56 · answer #6 · answered by Heather Mac 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That sounds like something my Grandmother used to say.
It definitely is not correct.
2007-03-13 11:18:31 · answer #7 · answered by kiwi 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it does if you've ever had a grandma or mom fussing at you to get your butt up and get out on time!
2007-03-13 12:31:17 · answer #8 · answered by Sherbert 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yup.it makes.anything one can uderstand makes sense
2007-03-13 11:23:20 · answer #9 · answered by Ana C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋