Memes to moimois is freaking funny (me = moi in French)
Yes, we do that in German, too. Me=mich -> meme=Michmich.
According to someone from rance they do the moimoi-thing, too.
I had never seen it in comments from Quebecois, don’t know if it’s used on Reddit (where the community is actually active) and it’s just too new… We already did literal translations of some things, like a post is a poteau (as in, a post that you plant in the ground to build a fence or to fix a mailbox to…), upvotes are positivotes… So why not moimois!
positivotes sounds much happier
But negativotes sounds much sadder
The use of moimoi is itself a meme.
Memeception
Moimoiception en français!
What do the Germans and/or French call selfies?
Don’t know about the French, but in German you can’t go wrong with Selbsties.
Selbstchen, surely. Which also has the dubious honour of having six consonants in a row. Or Selbstli if you’re fancy?
Selbstli
That sounds swiss though.
Hence fancy ;)
Nein, einfach nein.
In French, usually selfies. The Québéc French Language Office (OQLF) proposes “égoportrait” but I’ve only ever seen that used very rarely in more formal written contexts.
I really thought meme originated from the French meme, meaning self. I thought ppl used it like me_irl, moi meme. I’m realizing this is based on nothing and I might have totally made it up.
imo the actual etymology is weirder
it was invented by richard dawkins in the selfish gene in the 1970s
it’s used to describe an “idea-gene”; something that spreads and mutates not through biological means but through communication
like a mind-virus
hence why it sounds like a portmanteau of “memory” and “gene”
Damn am i the only one who knows that meme comes from “culture gene”?
The more you learn 🤓!
“Même” by itself means “same”, “c’est la même chose” “it’s the same thing”, with moi (moi-même) it’s “myself”. “Self” by itself (feels weird to say that) would be translated as “soi”.
Me, my memes and I
Moi, mes moimois et moi
Au secours c’est trop bizarre à lire “moimoi”.
Ah, true, sorry!
It’s similar in Spanish. “Mí mismo” means “myself.”
mí = me
mismo = same
Just because the Americans are asleep doesn’t mean the Australians learnt to speak other languages!
Heck, I’m not sure we’ve even got the hang of English half the time.
Pro tip: learning French and German nets you up to 75% better English skills.
Unless you’re Irish. Then your English stays the same and your Irish fluency decreases.
I thought we were calling the thing you speak Strayan!
At least y’all can say this sentence
Can confirm, Baltimore has this southern adjacent accent with a northern twang.
That is a MASSIVE tongue twister for northern maryalnd
This language nerd thanks you for that gem. I just laughed so hard it turned into a cough.
Yea, naur.
I’m supposed to be asleep?
Nice try, dweeb.
I wanna be asleep lol
Dat lijkt me een goed idee :)
Post dan een paar memes in het Nederlands
Hey iets verstaanbaars!
The few of us awake appreciate your antics.
Few, is over 11 million night workers.
I love waking up in the morning and seeing all the wackiness the rest of the world concocted.
Y’all are all have some amazing and funny cultures.
GUYS! WAKE UP! THE EUROPEANS ARE TOOTING OUR LANGES!
NOT ON MY WATCH!
SIR, IT IS 9:30 PM ON THE WEST COAST!
GIT YER MOOMOOS OUTTA HERE!
YOU HEARD THE MAN, GET ALL YER YERSPEEAN MOOMOOS INTA MY TENT FER PROWCESSIN : bangs Billy club on garbage can lid:
We don’t all sleep. Some of us have amphetamine addictions instead.
Or hungry infants or cats.
Or general insomnia, aggravated by the anxiety of living under a rising fascist regime.
In this instance we speak American!! Check instance Oh wait.
Those filthy Brits can’t fool me. Speak American!
Oh, stewardess, I speak American clears throat 🦅 🍔 🛻
Don’t call me Shirley
I don’t understand, it’s 2am and my memes aren’t in german, what’s happening?
🇫🇷🤝🇩🇪
Quand rance_iel?
🇮🇹 in the corner, crying
🇪🇺 United 🇪🇺❓
OUI, COMMENCONS AVEC LA LANGUE ET DES PETITES ROUES POUR LES PIEDS!!!
أتفق معك كل الإتفاق
I’m pretty sure our insomniacs still outnumber the Europeans (At least on Lemmy)
Edit: I continued scrolling and maybe not. Keep seeing these things I don’t understand. Well played.
El señor de la nooocheee
