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Old 11-16-10, 06:33 PM   #1
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Default How is meme pronounced?

Is it me-me
or is it mem like in memo?
or is it entirely different?
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Old 11-16-10, 06:33 PM   #2
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meem, as in rhyming with seem.
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Old 11-16-10, 06:34 PM   #3
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meem, as in rhyming with seem.
thanks
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Old 11-16-10, 06:35 PM   #4
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No problem.
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Old 11-16-10, 06:47 PM   #5
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I go with,,,

mem like in memo
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Old 11-16-10, 06:53 PM   #6
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I go with,,,

mem like in memo
You go wrong.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/cgi-b...e001s.wav=meme
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Old 11-16-10, 06:53 PM   #7
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more accurately, rhymes with "theme" - and it's an idea closely related to "theme" as well.
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Old 11-16-10, 06:53 PM   #8
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It's "meem" and it rhymes with "cream."

Not mem.
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Old 11-16-10, 06:58 PM   #9
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Thank you for the correction. You are so good to me. Yummy.
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Old 11-16-10, 07:00 PM   #10
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Thank you for the correction. You are so good to me. Yummy.
You are welcome. I can only emphasize to you, once again, that 30 seconds worth of Googling would have yielded the same answer.
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Old 11-16-10, 07:04 PM   #11
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it would seem
that this so called meme
rhymes with theme
not with mem I deem
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Old 11-16-10, 07:55 PM   #12
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You are welcome. I can only emphasize to you, once again, that 30 seconds worth of Googling would have yielded the same answer.
the bad thing is that most websites display it as /ˈmiːm/
lots of us don't know IPA unfortunately
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Old 11-16-10, 08:37 PM   #13
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the bad thing is that most websites display it as /ˈmiːm/
lots of us don't know IPA unfortunately
Yes, many do not. You asked because you didn't know the IPA. The Third Man stated to the contrary just to be difficult, so my comment was directed at him, not you.
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Old 11-16-10, 09:15 PM   #14
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this is why there are pronouncing dictionaries on the Internets Tubes.

http://www.howjsay.com/index.php?wor...&submit=Submit

The IPA codes are difficult to read for many words.
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Old 11-16-10, 09:37 PM   #15
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Do any of you know what "meme" means in spanish ?
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