Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id QAA15414 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Tue, 9 May 2000 16:01:37 +0100 Message-ID: <391826F8.746CB8B8@netvision.net.il> Date: Tue, 09 May 2000 17:55:52 +0300 From: daniella <daniella@netvision.net.il> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win95; I) X-Accept-Language: en,fr,de,es,it To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Subject: Re: a memetic experiment- an eIe opener References: <20000509125344.AAA5298@camailp.harvard.edu@[128.103.125.215]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
eIe just got a new idea. it will probably be rejected by both the pro and
the anti eIe's.
having seen the said eIe, for a day or two, i find it graphically pleasing.
as to the sound, all was already said.
perhaps it can be used not as a meme but as a sign? the way the smileys are?
:-)
than the two e's are eyes, and the i a nose, thereby representing the
perceiving, smelling," i" (this one i borrowed from Cummings...)?
any comments?
daniella
"Wade T.Smith" wrote:
> On 05/09/00 08:23, Vincent Campbell said this-
>
> >the more I see
> >you using the term, the less I think it's a useful one.
>
> Memetically, the operating success of a meme is- 'the more I see you
> using the meme, the more I want to use it too', and, therein lies the
> spreading strength.
>
> I doubt there will ever be a 'I want to use that too' quality to 'eie'.
> For me, side-comment-wise, it looks like 'eu' the word for 'I' in
> portuguese, and, although my smattering of portuguese is truly feeble, at
> least they _pronounce_ all the vowels in a word- 'eie' is simply and
> essentially, a waste of letters....
>
> There might, truly, be more of a memetic advantage to using lower case
> 'i' or 'eu' or 'je' or 'ich' in the situations you mention. For one
> thing, it is totally language neutral. Then again, as in the case of
> esperanto, neutral languages do not infiltrate.
>
> - Wade
>
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