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A meme is an idea, behavior, or style that spreads by means of imitation from person to person within a culture and often carries symbolic meaning representing a particular phenomenon or theme.

An Internet meme or meme, is a cultural item that is spread via the Internet, often through social media platforms. The name is by the concept of memes proposed by Richard Dawkins in 1972. Internet memes can take various forms, such as images, videos, GIFs, and various other viral sensations.


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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I think it's because writers take care to make the pronunciation guessable form the spelling. English is infamous for it's very inconsistent writing rules, however there are "rules". More like heuristics, but usually it's possible to write a word in such a way that others can guess the pronunciation, unless that specific word already has an accepted official spelling that is different.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

And then you have Terry Pratchett who gave us Mister Teatime.