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How do YOU pronounce "meme"? - Kitteh - 2009-11-15
One of the popular origins of the word "meme" comes from Richard Dawkins' book The Selfish Gene. Memes are supposed to be a sort of reproductive unit of words similar to genes, so I've always said them like each other. You wouldn't say gene "ge-ne", would you? :f6:
How do YOU pronounce "meme"? - Doxinator - 2009-11-15
I don't.
How do YOU pronounce "meme"? - Erich - 2009-11-15
Doxinator Wrote:I don't.
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How do YOU pronounce "meme"? - y0y0y0y0shi0 - 2009-11-15
May May
How do YOU pronounce "meme"? - TøbiasBlack - 2009-11-15
Kitteh Wrote:One of the popular origins of the word "meme" comes from Richard Dawkins' book The Selfish Gene. Memes are supposed to be a sort of reproductive unit of words similar to genes, so I've always said them like each other. You wouldn't say gene "ge-ne", would you? :f6:
GMSInfighter Wrote:> A meme (pronounced /ˈmiːm/, rhyming with "cream"[1]) is a postulated unit of cultural ideas, symbols or practices, which can be transmitted from one mind to another through speech, gestures, rituals or other imitable phenomena.
/end thread again
GMSInfighter Wrote:[YOUTUBE]rCq6E6tnQKg[/YOUTUBE]
Just close this thread, everyone says it differently anyways so it doesn't matter anymore how it's actually said.
Todays like internet day or something.
Herbert Jablonski Wrote:Click the sound icon next to the word.
thread ended and overkilled by all the above.
How do YOU pronounce "meme"? - Nalek - 2009-11-15
Spideyjvc Wrote:Why would I know how to pronounce it, I don't use the word in real life and neither should you.
My RL friend is doing a 50 page thesis paper on internet Memes... that's my awnser to that
How do YOU pronounce "meme"? - Bacon - 2009-11-15
Nalek24 Wrote:My RL friend is doing a 50 page thesis paper on internet Memes... that's my awnser to thatYour friend's not going to be happy when he receives a D.
How do YOU pronounce "meme"? - DarkPwnage - 2009-11-15
I pronounce it meem. I had an instructor in Psych 1101 pronounce it mem o_O
How do YOU pronounce "meme"? - Bountyan - 2009-11-15
I lol'd@may may
How do YOU pronounce "meme"? - Eos - 2009-11-15
Meem, as evidenced by all three pronunciations in the dictionary.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/meme
Also, the Doctor Who episode "The End of the World" featured The Adherents of the Repeated Meme, also pronounced Meem.
How do YOU pronounce "meme"? - Bacon - 2009-11-15
You guys are all wrong. Meme is pronounce like Mi Mi. It is phrased after the Chinese word for 'secret', which is 秘密(mìmì
. The Chinese wanted to be humorous, and derived the word 'meme' from 秘密. A secret that turns into a cultural icon. Hilarious, am I right?Oh, the Chinese. So clever and funny.
How do YOU pronounce "meme"? - Ryanide - 2009-11-15
I used to pronounce it as meme but recent events have made me change my thoughts.
MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEM IT IS.