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I am the only one who reads "Doge" as its pre-meme value: the ruler of an italian city state like Venice back in the day?

• dllthomas 13y ago
  That's how I read it before I learned of the meme. I preferred it that way.
• dragonwriter 13y ago
  No.
• bdr 13y ago
  https://twitter.com/brendanaanes/status/413775573958156290 https://twitter.com/brendanaanes/status/413775573958156290 :)
• pcrh 13y ago
  I guess Doge as in Dogecoin was meant to be pronounced "doggie", deliberately misspelt, whereas the Venetian Doge is pronounced /ˈdoʊdʒ/ (~doj).
  • klez 13y ago
    The E at the end of doge (Venetian ruler) is not mute.
    • pcrh 13y ago
      Wikipedia has the e as mute in Venetian but not in Italian...? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_of_Venice https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_of_Venice
      • klez 13y ago
        I'm Venetian, so I'm probably biased, but I never heard the word 'doge' without the 'e' even outside Venice.
        • pcrh 13y ago
          Maybe Wikipedia needs correcting...