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by hcs at 10:07 PM EST on January 5, 2009: Rhyme? Not this time. How do you think meme is pronounced? Hint: it's "meem".
by nensondubois at 9:52 PM EST on January 7, 2009: It depends on localization.

edited 9:55 PM EST January 7, 2009
by hcs at 10:40 PM EST on January 7, 2009: I went to the OED, and it directly quotes the original coining of the word, which conveniently enough includes a pronunciation guide.

1976 R. DAWKINS Selfish Gene xi. 206 The new soup is the soup of human culture. We need a name for the new replicator, a noun which conveys the idea of a unit of cultural transmission, or a unit of imitation. "Mimeme" comes from a suitable Greek root, but I want a monosyllable that sounds a bit like "gene". I hope my classicist friends will forgive me if I abbreviate mimeme to meme... It should be pronounced to rhyme with "cream".
by nensondubois at 9:44 PM EST on January 8, 2009: Well I was talking about the word game; it can be pronounced "gayme" or "gueme" depending on where you are from.

edited 9:47 PM EST January 8, 2009
by wolupgm6 at 9:06 PM EST on January 14, 2009: Dang. I Lost The Gueme.

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