M

maxcriden

Member

• Aug 13, 2014

• #1

One for the GAF grammarians out there.

Click to expand...

Click to expand...

So "memes" have been pretty profilerate around the internet for a while now. I was having a conversation with a co-worker about them and he said they're pronounced "meem," with the 'e' silient.

Now, I had always heard "me-me," like "me, me," to connote the highly personal and often self-referential meanings behind memes. I contend this is the more worthwhile pronunciation.

Mods, could I kindly request a poll on this?

I searched but didn't see any prior discussion of this. Please post your favorite "me-me" if old.

 

S

strafer

member

• Aug 13, 2014

• #2

may may

 

stufte

Member

• Aug 13, 2014

• #3

meem.

 

B

Blair

Banned

• Aug 13, 2014

• #4

'Le may may'

 

S

squidhands

Member

• Aug 13, 2014

• #5

\ˈmēm\

 

W

Why would you do that?

Member

• Aug 13, 2014

• #6

I say me-me but it seems most people say meem.

 

Z

zeemumu

Member

• Aug 13, 2014

• #7

It's the meems, Jack.

 

A

AkuMifune

Banned

• Aug 13, 2014

• #8

meem.

 

G

Guevara

Member

• Aug 13, 2014

• #9

Comes from the idea of a "gene", pronounced similarly.

 

T

tapedeck

Do I win a prize for talking about my penis on the Internet???

• Aug 13, 2014

• #10

Its meem....

 

Hip Hop

Member

• Aug 13, 2014

• #11

I say "mem".

 

K

kehs

Banned

• Aug 13, 2014

• #12

Mey Mey's kids.


(meem)

 

S

Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew

Banned

• Aug 13, 2014

• #13

Meem. Me me or may may sounds funny.

 

A

Aquamarine

Member

• Aug 13, 2014

• #14

Le MayMay

 

B

boinx

Member

• Aug 13, 2014

• #15

EBIN MEEM BROSEF

 

M

MarkusRJR

Member

• Aug 13, 2014

• #16

Meme is pronounced "meem". Rhymes with theme.

I had a friend who called memes "may-mays" and I wanted to cut off my ears whenever she said it. Reminds me of a 50 year old person trying to say Pokémon or something.

 

U

Uncle

Member

• Aug 13, 2014

• #17

Meem. I'm sure someone will provide a link explaining why.

 

T

thelatestmodel

Junior, please.

• Aug 13, 2014

• #18

Meem.

 

S

sestrugen

Member

• Aug 13, 2014

• #19

Meem

 

J

JinjoUnchained

Member

• Aug 13, 2014

• #20

Seems like the right place to ask. Do French people use the word "meme" the way we are using it here? B/C that word has a different meaning in French.

Also, it's pronounced "meem".

 

T

The Tofunator

Member

• Aug 13, 2014

• #21

It's pronounced "meem."

 

K

kris.

Banned

• Aug 13, 2014

• #22

i laugh anytime i hear someone pronounce it me-me because it sounds too silly.

 

JordanN

Banned

• Aug 13, 2014

• #23

Mem as in "men"

 

S

Sobriquet

Member

• Aug 13, 2014

• #24

No poll necessary. It's meem.

 

B

Big Dog

Member

• Aug 13, 2014

• #25

Blair said:

'Le may may'

Click to expand...

Came for this. Was not disappointed.

 

S

SephCast

Brotherhood of Shipley's

• Aug 13, 2014

• #26

Metal Gear Solid taught me how to pronounce it.

 

L

Leunam

Member

• Aug 13, 2014

• #27

maxcriden said:

Please post your favorite "me-me" if old.

Click to expand...

As far as maymays go, this one is pretty terrible.

 

B

Barzul

Member

• Aug 13, 2014

• #28

I've never run into anyone who pronounced it as me-me.

 

B

BlazingDarkness

Member

• Aug 13, 2014

• #29

meem

 

J

JumpJeff84

Member

• Aug 13, 2014

• #30

Meem.

I think Richard Dawkins coined the term. Or maybe I'm just insane and made that fact up

EDIT: it was Dawkins. I'm so smart!

 

F

Frolow

Banned

• Aug 13, 2014

• #31

le ebin may may

Spoiler

It's meem

 

B

bsej87

Member

• Aug 13, 2014

• #32

"Meem" rhyming with "gleam". The wiki article also has its etymology and origin should you be curious.

 

P

ppor

Member

• Aug 13, 2014

• #33

Sha may may

 

G

Guevara

Member

• Aug 13, 2014

• #34

Off topic but most "memes" are more accurately described as image macros.

 

P

psylah

Member

• Aug 13, 2014

• #35

internet may-mays

 

I

Iksenpets

Banned

• Aug 13, 2014

• #36

It's 100%, irrefutably "meem". A quick dictionary search would have confirmed that.

 

O

Oreoleo

Member

• Aug 13, 2014

• #37

I accept that it's pronounced meem, but I wish it was pronounced so that it rhymed with crème.

 

F

Fisticuffs

Member

• Aug 13, 2014

• #38

kris. said:

i laugh anytime i hear someone pronounce it me-me because it sounds too silly.

Click to expand...

but memes are silly!

 

C

Charles Foster Kane

Rosebud

• Aug 13, 2014

• #39

jif

 

S

samus i am

Member

• Aug 13, 2014

• #40

It rhymes with gene

 

B

battousai11

Member

• Aug 13, 2014

• #41

JordanN said:

Mem as in "men"

Click to expand...

Mem as in Memory. I always thought it came from the french word.

 

A

Anth0ny

Member

• Aug 13, 2014

• #42

I have a collection of animated jiff may mays

 

G

Gr1mLock

Passing metallic gas

• Aug 13, 2014

• #43

Its meem

 

S

S¡mon

Banned

• Aug 13, 2014

• #44

meeminam

 

E

EightBitNate

Member

• Aug 13, 2014

• #45

LE REDDIT ARMY HAS ARRIVED!!!!!1!!!

 

K

KrellRell

Member

• Aug 13, 2014

• #46

Wait, people say may may? Hahahaha.

 

C

Choppasmith

Member

• Aug 13, 2014

• #47

I used to say it like the word maim, but then I head people pronouncing it like "meem" and that's how I say it now.

 

J

Joni

Member

• Aug 13, 2014

• #48

me-me-me-me-me-me-me sounds appropriate.

 

S

Sobriquet

Member

• Aug 13, 2014

• #49

Oreoleo said:

I accept that it's pronounced meem, but I wish it was pronounced so that it rhymed with crème.

Click to expand...

That's how I thought it was pronounced until a few years ago. Because French.

 

T

tapedeck

Do I win a prize for talking about my penis on the Internet???

• Aug 13, 2014

• #50

Charles Foster Kane said:

jif

Click to expand...

Now youve done it..