Thursday, September 05, 2013

A few words about a word

"meme" is pronounced "Mehmm" as in Memetic. ("meh met tic")

Memetic means "A unit of cultural information, such as a cultural practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another."

"mémé" pronoucned "may may" is French for "Grandma." I don't know about any internet grandmas that are funny.


And it's not pronounced "meem" because that rhymes with "beam" and I'll get medieval on your butt if you insist on saying that.

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