How do you pronounce Meme

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  • tidesong
    tidesong Posts: 451 Member
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    It is "meem". Anything else is wrong.
  • frenchfacey
    frenchfacey Posts: 237 Member
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    i just want to thank everyone who has participated in this thread, youre getting me through my day.
  • BunnyW22
    BunnyW22 Posts: 33
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    "Meem", right?
  • lesspaul
    lesspaul Posts: 190 Member
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    "meem" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meme
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,867 Member
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    meme
    /mēm/
    Noun
    An element of a culture or behavior that may be passed from one individual to another by nongenetic means, esp. imitation.
    An image, video, etc. that is passed electronically from one Internet user to another.

    If you google it, you'll also have the option of clicking on a little speaker and listening to it
  • disobedientkitteh
    disobedientkitteh Posts: 12
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    I pronounce it meem
  • Capt_Inzane
    Capt_Inzane Posts: 733 Member
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    meme
    Pronounced : /mēm/ which means "meem" stress the E
    Noun
    An element of a culture or behavior that may be passed from one individual to another by nongenetic means, esp. imitation.
    An image, video, etc. that is passed electronically from one Internet user to another.
  • sz8soon
    sz8soon Posts: 816 Member
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    this hurts my head.
  • traceytwink
    traceytwink Posts: 538 Member
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    WTF is meme?? Please enlighten me????
  • jenny3073
    jenny3073 Posts: 117 Member
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    I pronounce it with a French twist:

    Mohn Mohn

    are you a French model perchance?

    has flashbacks of the state farm commercial lol
  • Capt_Inzane
    Capt_Inzane Posts: 733 Member
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    meme
    /mēm/
    Noun
    An element of a culture or behavior that may be passed from one individual to another by nongenetic means, esp. imitation.
    An image, video, etc. that is passed electronically from one Internet user to another.

    If you google it, you'll also have the option of clicking on a little speaker and listening to it

    ARG I did the same thing but you beat me to it

    "Define "whatever word" in google will give you the definition
  • PNOD
    PNOD Posts: 35
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    I have always pronounced it meem Idk if its right but no one has ever corrected me lol

    That's because this is correct

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meme
  • MNA76
    MNA76 Posts: 1,541
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    A meme (pron.: /ˈmiːm/; meem)
  • Lupercalia
    Lupercalia Posts: 1,857 Member
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    It's "MEEM".
  • Rogiefreida
    Rogiefreida Posts: 567 Member
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    My 15 yo nephew told me it's pronounced "meem".

    I always thought it was "me me" like it's spelled, but, as he pointed out to me, I'm old so I wouldn't know the right way to say it. :noway:
  • hungrywhodat
    hungrywhodat Posts: 40 Member
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    It is pronounced meem. There is no question about this.

    Richard Dawkins created the term, and specifically stated that he wanted it to sound like "gene".

    Direct citation from his book is in the wikipedia article
  • YoungDoc2B
    YoungDoc2B Posts: 1,593 Member
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    I always thought it was "meh me"
  • Desterknee
    Desterknee Posts: 1,056 Member
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    NOOOOOo I said I would cut her because she was drunk and got in my face about it!!!

    ETA: I've always pronounced it meem

    that is the correct way:

    Dictionary.com
    meme
    [meem] Show IPA
    noun
    a cultural item that is transmitted by repetition in a manner analogous to the biological transmission of genes.

    Being right makes me moist.
  • knitwit0704
    knitwit0704 Posts: 376
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    It's me-m. Like me, then just a plain m sound. Mimi is me-me, in fact, I call one of my grandmothers that.
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,488 Member
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    I pronounce it "meem" as in rhymes with "cream".

    http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/meme

    :)

    This. And if my teenage kid tells me how to say something internety I know it is correct. Meem!

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