I watched the Hunger Games yesterday, and one lad said about a girl: "I bought her squirrels." I took this to mean that he purchased some squirrels and gave them to her, but then I found out that it meant that she had the squirrels and he bought them off her. Strangely, you can't have that ambiguity with "I bought him squirrels." and "I bought his squirrels."
This brings me to something Eric Partiridge said in his book Usage and Abusage, where he stated that a distinction should be made between "I hate him being in the library." and "I hate his being in the library.", but this is a distinction that does not work with females: "I hate her being in the library."
Yes, I am taking medication and getting help for this.