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!
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.
"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".
🤣 J'ai complètement manqué cet détail. Chui Ontarien et le français n'est pas ma langue maternelle. Cela rend votre réponse beaucoup plus drôle. Merci!
89 Comments
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works · 73 pts · 1y
Memes to moimois is freaking funny (me = moi in French)
CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de · 27 pts · 1y
Yes, we do that in German, too. Me=mich -> meme=Michmich.
According to someone from rance they do the moimoi-thing, too.
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works · 14 pts · 1y
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!
Little8Lost@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
positivotes sounds much happier
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 1y
But negativotes sounds much sadder
moody@lemmings.world · 4 pts · 1y
The use of moimoi is itself a meme.
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1y
Memeception
Moimoiception en français!
friek@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y
What do the Germans and/or French call selfies?
CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de · 5 pts · 1y
Don't know about the French, but in German you can't go wrong with Selbsties.
porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 1y
Selbstchen, surely. Which also has the dubious honour of having six consonants in a row. Or Selbstli if you're fancy?
CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 1y
That sounds swiss though.
porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 1y
Hence fancy ;)
zaphod@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 1y
Nein, einfach nein.
Evkob@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 1y
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.
Droggelbecher@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
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.
lime@feddit.nu · 23 pts · 1y
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"
sznowicki@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Damn am i the only one who knows that meme comes from "culture gene"?
Valmond@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
The more you learn 🤓!
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 1y
"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".
Zykino@programming.dev · 1 pts · 1y
Me, my memes and I
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y
Moi, mes moimois et moi
Zykino@programming.dev · 1 pts · 1y
Au secours c'est trop bizarre à lire "moimoi".
Droggelbecher@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Ah, true, sorry!
Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
It's similar in Spanish. "Mí mismo" means "myself."
mí = me
mismo = same
i_am_hiding@aussie.zone · 59 pts · 1y
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.
CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de · 28 pts · 1y
Pro tip: learning French and German nets you up to 75% better English skills.
hitmyspot@aussie.zone · 14 pts · 1y
Unless you’re Irish. Then your English stays the same and your Irish fluency decreases.
syklemil@discuss.tchncs.de · 5 pts · 1y
I thought we were calling the thing you speak Strayan!
resipsaloquitur@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 1y
Yea, naur.
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
At least y'all can say this sentence
rumba@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 1y
Can confirm, Baltimore has this southern adjacent accent with a northern twang.
That is a MASSIVE tongue twister for northern maryalnd
Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
This language nerd thanks you for that gem. I just laughed so hard it turned into a cough.
archonet@lemy.lol · 25 pts · 1y
I'm supposed to be asleep?
Nice try, dweeb.
bobs_monkey@lemm.ee · 8 pts · 1y
I wanna be asleep lol
vk6flab@lemmy.radio · 22 pts · 1y
Dat lijkt me een goed idee :)
CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de · 10 pts · 1y
Post dan een paar memes in het Nederlands
Rolive@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 1y
Hey iets verstaanbaars!
bitofarambler@crazypeople.online · 19 pts · 1y
The few of us awake appreciate your antics.
Zier@fedia.io · 3 pts · 1y
Few, is over 11 million night workers.
ZeffSyde@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 1y
GUYS! WAKE UP! THE EUROPEANS ARE TOOTING OUR LANGES!
Raiderkev@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
NOT ON MY WATCH!
SIR, IT IS 9:30 PM ON THE WEST COAST!
GIT YER MOOMOOS OUTTA HERE!
ZeffSyde@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
YOU HEARD THE MAN, GET ALL YER YERSPEEAN MOOMOOS INTA MY TENT FER PROWCESSIN : bangs Billy club on garbage can lid:
quetzaldilla@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 1y
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.
Tracaine@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 1y
We don't all sleep. Some of us have amphetamine addictions instead.
PopcornPrincess@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
Or hungry infants or cats.
Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Or general insomnia, aggravated by the anxiety of living under a rising fascist regime.
PlexSheep@infosec.pub · 12 pts · 1y
🇫🇷🤝🇩🇪
CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 1y
Quand rance_iel?
Scrollone@feddit.it · 3 pts · 1y
🇮🇹 in the corner, crying
PlexSheep@infosec.pub · 1 pts · 1y
🇪🇺 United 🇪🇺❓
Warl0k3@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 1y
I don't understand, it's 2am and my memes aren't in german, what's happening?
tacosplease@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 1y
In this instance we speak American!! Check instance Oh wait.
PattyMcB@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Those filthy Brits can't fool me. Speak American!
twice_hatch@midwest.social · 7 pts · 1y
Oh, stewardess, I speak American
clears throat 🦅 🍔 🛻
PattyMcB@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Don't call me Shirley
PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca · 12 pts · 1y
OUI, COMMENCONS AVEC LA LANGUE ET DES PETITES ROUES POUR LES PIEDS!!!
lzs_jinxin@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y
أتفق معك كل الإتفاق
potoo22@programming.dev · 9 pts · 1y
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.
diemartin@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 1y
El señor de la nooocheee
Sunsofold@lemmings.world · 6 pts · 1y
Okay, pero どの言語で sol ich poster?
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 1y
Ja, lad os alle bande på dansk, svensk, norsk, og xhosa!
Enzy@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y
Danskjävlar
TomViolence@lemm.ee · 6 pts · 1y
Look at the time, it's already french pickiness o'clock!
The correct way to phrase this is "pour poster des moimois dans toutes les langues".
Sorry, I had to, it's a cultural thing.
CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de · 7 pts · 1y
Eh, last time I spoke french was some 15± years ago, of course I had to make some mistake.
Mais merci pour la correction, sinon on n'apprend rien.
TomViolence@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 1y
I miserably failed at german in school. You did way better than I would have done in your language ;).
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1y
On dit "faire des poteaux", pas "poster"!
TomViolence@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 1y
Honte à moi :'(.
Onionguy@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y
Ou sont les frêres et sœrs françaises? Aidéz nous s'il vous plâites!
drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
I miss working night shifts. The culture, the languages, the bigotry between groups of people I can't tell a part.
whaleross@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
Min valross har felfri triangel med fika.
FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
Me rolling away from the haters
klobuerschtler@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 1y
Was ist denn hier los!?
RVGamer06@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1y
Bell'idea!
twice_hatch@midwest.social · 4 pts · 1y
Bon matin France (Bon soir Quebec)
lime@feddit.nu · 4 pts · 1y
moderatorerna sover, skicka mejmejs
tauren@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 1y
DAS GEFÄLLT MIR
zaphod@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 1y
ÇA ME PLAÎT
Nangijala@feddit.dk · 4 pts · 1y
Den er jeg med på. 👍
KSPAtlas@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 1y
Trochę późno przyszłem na ten post, ale nie znaczy że nie mogę przyjść i skomentować
ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
How do you turn with that?
Shnog@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Frankly, one would assume.
doingthestuff@lemy.lol · 1 pts · 1y
Non.
dan00@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y
resipsaloquitur@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y
Sacré bleu! Mais non.
zaphod@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 1y
Trop de cannes à pêche dans les commentaires.
Zu viele Angeln in den Kommentaren.
reactionality@lemmy.sdf.org · 0 pts · 1y
Faut savoir écrire dans la langue qd même...
AstralPath@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 1y
Les "memes" sont-ils vraiment appelés des "moimois" en Français?
reactionality@lemmy.sdf.org · 0 pts · 1y
Ouais e non, ça dépend de la personne. Je les appelle dès mêmes.
Mais je parlais de "en tout les langues" pcq c'est féminin et pluriel, donc "en toutes les langues"*...
AstralPath@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 1y
🤣 J'ai complètement manqué cet détail. Chui Ontarien et le français n'est pas ma langue maternelle. Cela rend votre réponse beaucoup plus drôle. Merci!
pticrix@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 1y
ONE OF US! ONE OF US!
AntelopeRoom@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y