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[–] volvoxvsmarla@lemm.ee 17 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I remember a native English speaker correcting my pronunciation of meme to maymay back in like 2015 and I felt so ashamed for pronouncing it meem back then... I didn't have friends who were into memes yet and was very insecure. I think about her often.

[–] Shellbeach@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I was corrected to meemee, and I too felt ashamed. Well, who's laughing now?

[–] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 5 months ago

It’s of the French extraction and derivation: it is pronounced

meh m