I don’t know what the formal process for getting a fatwa issued is, but could somebody please put out one against the use of personal dative constructions by people who are not from the rural South? It was a real yuk the first 11,000 times, but if I have to read something like

But yes, I love me some Doctor Who…

from another ain’t-I-clever Upper West Side type, I am going to blow me a headgasket and throttle me a blogger, even if, in the case of the charming and admirable Miss McArdle, I have to get me a step-ladder to do so. (“I love me some trade deals,” indeed.)