Don’t get me wrong ― I love The Traitors, which, like millions of others, I finally got into this year.

In fact I’m become such a fan that I’ve even joined a few of Reddit’s r/Traitors live chats (don’t judge me! I can’t be expected to keep my feelings on Minah’s genius machinations to myself) in the last few weeks.

But during those discussions, I’ve seen comment after comment repeating the same sentiment ― people seem uniformly and repeatedly irritated by contestants saying “I’m voting for yourself” rather than simply “I’m voting for you”.

So, we spoke to linguist Veruska Anconitano and therapist and former neuroscientist Brooke Sprwol why themselves might use the phrase (sorry).

What’s the point of saying ‘I’m voting for yourself’?

Fans aren’t best pleased with the phrase, with one Redditor writing: “Where the hell did this come from? No! It’s ‘I’m voting for you’!!!”.

While I share their frustration,........

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