When I want to talk about myself I use the correct pronouns such as
I, me, my etc.
But it is the case that I am pretty talkative and sociable, so I tend to meet plenty of people at random places. So when I write about their opinions and/or actions I should be saying "
that girl I met in the pub", or "
that guy who was talking to me while waiting for the bus", or "
the barman in this pub" etcetera.
However, I am a really lazy typist. I therefore resort to the use of "SWIM" to refer to all those people. In addition, I have accummulated so much knowledge from talking to different folk around, so now I am mixed up, it is not always easy to remember who told what, right? It is therefore fair to use the word SWIM to refer to all those people collectively. SWIM is Someone Who Isn't Me, and this is true. It is all the people I happened to have a talk with. My neighbour, the ticket inspector, the policewoman, my colleagues etc.
In this respect, I find nothing wrong about using the word "SWIM". It is only fair. Why would I claim an opinion and/or a deed to be mine whereas it is not? It is SWIM's.
Simple as that!
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