Play it again Sam

From: Richard Brodie (richard@brodietech.com)
Date: Tue Feb 20 2001 - 04:20:31 GMT

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    One interesting example of simple meme mutation is the “chaise lounge.” From
    what I have read, the original phrase was “chaise longue”—“long chair” in
    French. English-reading minds misread it into a symbol closer to their
    existing vocabulary and repeated it.

    Richard Brodie richard@brodietech.com <mailto:richard@brodietech.com>
    www.memecentral.com <http://www.memecentral.com/>

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