<story><title>My Many Girlfriends</title><url>https://thedailywtf.com/articles/my-many-girlfriends</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>riemannzeta</author><text>A person who refers to themselves in the third-person is called, in English, an illeist.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wiktionary.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;illeist&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wiktionary.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;illeist&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Elmo, Julius Caesar, and Salvador Dali have been identified as illeists.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.mentalfloss.com&amp;#x2F;article&amp;#x2F;27322&amp;#x2F;11-famous-illeists&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.mentalfloss.com&amp;#x2F;article&amp;#x2F;27322&amp;#x2F;11-famous-illeists&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Benjamin_Dobell</author><text>Whilst I don&amp;#x27;t typically talk about myself in the third person. I do occasionally refer to my past and future self in the third person.&lt;p&gt;Basically, Future Ben is a top bloke. When I&amp;#x27;m too busy, I just leave the housework for him. On the other hand, Past Ben is an enormous jerk. He&amp;#x27;s always leaving me shit to do.</text></comment>
<story><title>My Many Girlfriends</title><url>https://thedailywtf.com/articles/my-many-girlfriends</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>riemannzeta</author><text>A person who refers to themselves in the third-person is called, in English, an illeist.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wiktionary.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;illeist&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wiktionary.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;illeist&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Elmo, Julius Caesar, and Salvador Dali have been identified as illeists.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.mentalfloss.com&amp;#x2F;article&amp;#x2F;27322&amp;#x2F;11-famous-illeists&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.mentalfloss.com&amp;#x2F;article&amp;#x2F;27322&amp;#x2F;11-famous-illeists&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>rmnclmnt</author><text>In France, the most famous illeist is the actor Alain Delon (still alive): &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Alain_Delon&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Alain_Delon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;It has become a traditional joke in itself for a few generations!</text></comment>