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Is it pronounced "meem" or "meh-meh"?

Last posted Jun 22, 2009 at 01:30PM EDT. Added Jun 18, 2009 at 03:41AM EDT
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As above mentioned, it's meem. From wikipedia: "To emphasize commonality with genes, Dawkins coined the term "meme" by shortening "mimeme", which derives from the Greek word mimema ("something imitated"). Dawkins, who coined the phrase and claims he didn't know about mneme, said he wanted “a monosyllable word that sounds a bit like gene”."

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