When I heard my friends pronounce memes "me-mes"

Drunken_Economist · 4 months

It's not really the worst mistakes to make. English is a weird language - if you haven't heard a word spoken, it's understandable to not be sure of the pronunciation

greenvelvetcake · 4 months

Whatever it takes to make you feel superior.

MelisSassenach · 4 months

How did you survive? AMA, please!

elnrith · 4 months

you could just correct them

DarkStar5758 · 4 months

Mimeme comes from a suitable Greek root, but I want a monosyllable that sounds a bit like gene. I hope my classiest friends will forgive me if I abbreviate mimeme to meme...It should be pronounced to rhyme with cream

-Richard Dawkins, The Selfish Gene

feckineejit · 4 months

IT crowd reference! Woo! Wooooo!

digiorknow · 4 months

I don't talk about internet things in real life.

thatpeterguy · 4 months

Reddit: where people kill themselves over mispronunciations.

omcetus · 4 months

this should clear things up

cats_are_people_too · 4 months

In all honesty, meme is one of the stupidest words I've ever heard.

314413 · 4 months

its pronounced "meem"? http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/memes?s=t

iDolly · 4 months

Guilty, I've been saying me-me all this time. TIL.

ginning · 4 months

It's from The IT crowd - for those that will inevitably ask. I think possibly from the end of S1.

savvetheworld · 4 months

My roommate pronounces it may-may. I die a little inside every time

FordSVT1 · 4 months

Understandable.

Not understandable? People who think that "memes" didn't exist before the Internet.

cronos844 · 4 months

where is this from

bayxsonic · 4 months

Source: video

From the British sitcom The IT Crowd

Red_blueberry · 4 months

Why didn't the originator of the word just spell it "meems"? Man, I'm pissed. Get him/her on the phone right now!

preske · 4 months

If you never have heard a word before, you can't always determine the pronunciation.

Enursha · 4 months

Like this?

karabagadonuts · 4 months

tomato tomato potato potato meme meme me me meme adsfadja eauid s.

all that matters is if you get your point across.

[deleted] · 4 months

haha I get it... you are better than someone else because you knew something before them. you are more or less everyone on reddit.

let_them_burn · 4 months

I don't ever hear people call it "me-me", but I do hear a lot of people pronounce it "mem" (rhyming with "chem" as in chemistry).

SatansUSBstick · 4 months

Me-me means tit in Turkish

n00bikscube1122 · 4 months

What I did:

Friend: Look at this Me-me.

Me: It's meme.

Friend: k.

PannaLogic · 4 months

At least they dont say may-may

Paultimate79 · 4 months

Meem.

carbonbasedlf · 4 months

Meanwhile a bunch of redditors are sitting at their computer laughing hesitantly, "Yea what a stupid fuck, like come on who pronounces it me-me? ha..ha.." Today little Johnny reddit and Timmy reddit felt like assholes for not pronouncing meme right.

teaspoon83 · 4 months

Me-mes is a spanish slang/baby talk for "sleep."

Time to go memes!

keineliebe · 4 months

New favorite gif. Thank you.

MrWendal · 4 months

when i saw that this was another generic gif post

dawnday9622 · 4 months

You killed yourself?

madisongrace · 4 months

Oh god.. I've been pronouncing it "me-me's" for the longest time.. How is it pronounced? I've always wondered if I was pronouncing it wrong, but have never seen anything about it's pronunciation until now, so I assumed I was pronouncing it fine.

Kevat · 4 months

Did you try turning it on and off again?

gra_la · 4 months

I dont think ive ever said the word aloud to a person, but ive always pronounced them as me mes to myself for years, even though i know otherwise.

picado · 4 months

Maybe the "me-me" pronunciation will catch on.

izzismitty · 4 months

God damn it that pisses me off so much. And when I correct them (gently), they INSIST that the correct pronunciation is me-me. Fuck it.

jamesuyt · 4 months

http://reversegif.com/h68

CutiemarkCrusade · 4 months

Why should YOU have to pay for someone else's idiocy?

NoFuckIsGiven · 4 months

I confirm that zero fucks were given.

DarkReaver1337 · 4 months

All I got to say is eat my asshole, I have been calling them me-ma since the fucking cockmongler hit the scene and will not break this 8+ year habit.

DarkReaver1337 · 4 months

All I can say is eat my asshole raw. I have been calling them me-mes since the cockmongler hit he scene and I will not break this close to a decade habit.

notjawn · 4 months

I call it "me-me" because in its modern connotation its meant to represent the old webcam videos like numa numa guy where its people just doing ridiculous things for attention like saying "Me! Me!" "meem" is just stupid. Another reason god exists Dawkins!

masonbb · 4 months

I pronounce it "terlet" and "li-berry"

Sovrage · 4 months

0.o All my friends always pronounced it as "meh-meh"

... now I know! Thank you , Reddit!

[deleted] · 4 months

When I hear my friends talk in memes or rage faces or reference either of them at all

FTFMe

ilikebooks123 · 4 months

HAHAHA. My favourite line of all the IT Crowd episodes is in this one.

Mr. Renholm: "I hope it doesn't sound arrogant when I say, that I am...THE GREATEST MAN, IN THE WORLD!"

Ronex6 · 4 months

...or May-Mays...

Tri_Sara_Tops · 4 months

A girl on my Facebook calls them "mimes."

thegooddocgonzo · 4 months

my boss pronounced it "may-may" the other day which prompted us to look up the official pronunciation

zuluthrone · 4 months

it's analogous to a gene for a cognitive thought, with memetics as their study. I'd say "meem" is the appropriate pronunciation.

deeeznutzz · 4 months

thats how i pronounce it still...cuz i give 0 fucks what you would think if i said me-mes

Darkling5499 · 4 months

it's pronounced "mehm", not MEAM.

Anti-Giga-Redditor · 4 months

Big fucking deal, that's what it looks like. You could have corrected them and they would have known.

dayus9 · 4 months

I've never said the word out loud or even typed it. It's a stupid word.

uDash · 4 months

I've said me-mes from the beginning. I like it.

clowncrusher · 4 months

It's got to the point where I purposely pronounce it me me to troll people like you who make such a big deal out of it.

cold_and_calculating · 4 months

I prefer saying "me-me" to "meem." It's cuter.

Pinslate · 4 months

I called my grandmother Meme when I was a kid and now when I see meme I say Me-me like I've called my grandmother all my life.

So fuck you all

Youreahugeidiot · 4 months

I say it me-mes just to fuck with people like you.

beezerblanks · 4 months

I do this sometimes just to confuse my friends

lawlshane · 4 months

you shouldn't be talking about crappy memes anyway

Mikecmu · 4 months

We gotta bad ass over here....

thedinosaurman · 4 months

Hey, I got it wrong when I first read It too. It's hard to know when you have never heard it pronounced before

AndTheLink · 4 months

As someone whose site/email includes "meme" I gave up explaining my email address and just went with "me me" because people get it immediately. I just couldn't be bothered explaining new words to people.

i_love_younicorns · 4 months

well, aren't you a pro at the internet.

makesureimjewish · 4 months

not worse than when i pronounced "pseudo" as "PUH-SWAY-DOH"

that got lot's of ridicule

mattieguns12 · 4 months

Seen it elsewhere. Seen it elsewhere.. Havent seen this - Haaaaaaaaaa!

tiberiustheiv · 4 months

One of my friends did this too...

Bolt-Vanderhuge · 4 months

It's amazing: that the human race has gone from the Greeks and the Romans, the Renaissance, the Dynasties of China to... This.

meowmeow43 · 4 months

lol IT crowd!<3 loved that character

AlterBridgeFan · 4 months

how do you say it? I am fairly new to memes and just want to know how the word is said.

Bad_Badger · 4 months

I remember watching this episode of The IT Crowd and laughing for so long out of disbelief. It was just so ridiculous and that character was dead just seemingly out of no where. Hilarious show.

PurplePotamus · 4 months

Guest lecturer in class today pronounced it like mems or hems.

Her whole presentation was like 6 different versions of that "What my friends think I do, what I think I do" thing

If I wasn't sitting in the front row right in front of her, I would have walked out.

Executioner1337 · 4 months

Upvote for epic IT Crowd scene.

Deddan · 4 months

I thought me-me was the correct pronunciation when I first saw the word written down years ago, it's an understandable mistake. Just correct your friends politely and move on..

The comments here seem to show that many other people though it too. It seems the mispronunciation of meme might become a meymey.

swirle13 · 4 months

AN IT CROWD GIF, YES!!!

Dankycheese · 4 months

Uh, how do YOU pronounce it?

tHeSiD · 4 months

FAAAATHHHERRRRRRRRRRR!

tiagosilva · 4 months

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7E-aoXLZGY

Tenshik · 4 months

Then my mission was successful.

sh0em0nkey · 4 months

I was trying to explain what a meme was to a girl I've been banging. I ended up spelling it to her, and she specifically pronounced "Like a me me?"

I thought it was adorable, so I gave her an extra 30 second jack hammer pounding. Now all she asks for is more meme's to put her in the mood. Bitches love two me's.

CaesarCheese · 4 months

This is how I imagine every American Redditor feels every time some religious zealot tries to explain why he should run the country

Sillylikeagoose · 4 months

My room mate's GF does this to be ironic, since he's a big nerd and she's a dumb bitch. Its annoying as fuck since she keeps bringing up new memes that people show her.

80sKid · 4 months

Sheldon from "The Big Bang Theory" taught me how to pronounce it....:)

devjin · 4 months

Bah, my favorite character from the IT crowd :(

IraIraIra · 4 months

Have you tried turning it off and on again?

libchh · 4 months

good, at least we're rid of your stupid ass

LORDJEW_VAN_CUNTFUCK · 4 months

talking about memes in real life

2012

tomlaw · 4 months

HOLY SHIT, YOU COMMITTED SUICIDE AFTER YOU HEARD HIS PRONUNCIATION??????!!!!!!??????

Goddamuglybob · 4 months

IT Crowd!

dubdubdubdot · 4 months

Mimi is a word for vagina or pee where I'm from, lmao so funny reading comments sometimes.

dhaelis · 4 months

This just made me want to watch some Flying Circus. Which episode is that from again?

tomastomastomastomas · 4 months

easy

Pillagerguy · 4 months

Someone better call 0118999 61789 9119725 3

starlinguk · 4 months

Let's face it, almost every single meme on here isn't actually a meme.

spazwok · 4 months

Maybe they don't like you and say it like that on purpose in hope that you jump out a window? http://i.imgur.com/dlqYf.jpg

whowantstogo · 4 months

meem right?

Jedimushroom · 4 months

I use 'meymey' to refer to memes that are deliberately wrong, for instance:

"What is your favourite meymey? Mine is life guidance puppy"

"I prefer child molestation panda"

[deleted] · 4 months

My mom came into my room and asked, "What's this 'ALL the things! Meme I keep seeing?" I was so proud, and she even pronounced it correctly!

MrTurtleSlap · 4 months

its okay, this one guy i know pronounces it as mim

Vickd · 4 months

This is how you do it.

lessthaninfinite · 4 months

I've heard "me-me" a few times, but the other day someone pronounced it "mehm," which was almost worse

abnerayag · 4 months

I used to think it was pronounced that way too until about last year. me-mes just sounded funnier to me, and since I find memes funny, well there we go. And this was despite hearing Liquid Ocelot say memes the proper way way back in MGS4 lol.

Figures I'll find out the proper pronunciation too a few weeks after saying it aloud around acquaintances the wrong way LOL.

TehLittleTroll · 4 months

imma borrow this

tokinwhiteman · 4 months

Love the IT Crowd. Upvote for you sir!

Avista · 4 months

You had a sudden realization about how immensely nerdy and pointless you are for giving a shit and you killed yourself?

On behalf of everybody: Thank you.

Inwardlens · 4 months

I heard a well educated person pronounce the word "loupe" as "lup" (rhymes with "up"). They had only ever read the word and never heard it spoken.

BTW, loupe should rhyme with loop when spoken.

Yggdrazzil · 4 months

Takes a deep breath, inches forward

I figured that if you pronounce "me" as "me". Why not pronounce meme as, "me me".

So there you have it: I say me-me. And even though I'm a foreigner I pride myself on my mastery of the English language.

How should I pronounce it?

pomdecouer · 4 months

this gif should be used more often.

juru1876 · 4 months

I've heard worse. But I'm upvoting for that scene. One of my favorite moments of IT crowd.

chumfatty · 4 months

Ahh the awesome Christopher Morris, this man is a genius. Four Lions, Brasseye, The Day to Day, On the Hour, Nathan Barley. Awesome.

mastigia · 4 months

I think that might be my favorite scene from IT crowd. Upvote for you

bobowzki · 4 months

You got to love the IT crowd!

DasStorzer · 4 months

I LOVE that show!

highexplosive · 4 months

It's clearly Throat Warbler Mangrove.

funny

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