What is it called when someone talks about themselves, using their own name?..Such as someone named Bob saying, "Bob really likes to go swimming".
It is called talking about yourself in the third person. 1st person pronouns = I, me, myself, my, mine, we, us, ourself, our, ours 2nd person pronouns = you, yourself, your, yours 3rd person pronouns = he, him, himself, his, she, her, herself, hers, it, itself, its. In a conversation: 1st-person: you 2nd person: the person you're talking to 3rd person: anyone/anything else