Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id JAA13105 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Tue, 20 Feb 2001 09:12:22 GMT Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 08:40:17 +0000 To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Subject: Re: Play it again Sam Message-ID: <20010220084017.A1199@reborntechnology.co.uk> References: <JJEIIFOCALCJKOFDFAHBKEBPCFAA.richard@brodietech.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.12i In-Reply-To: <JJEIIFOCALCJKOFDFAHBKEBPCFAA.richard@brodietech.com>; from richard@brodietech.com on Mon, Feb 19, 2001 at 08:20:31PM -0800 From: Robin Faichney <robin@reborntechnology.co.uk> Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
On Mon, Feb 19, 2001 at 08:20:31PM -0800, Richard Brodie wrote:
> 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.
In UK English, the phrase is "chaise longue". I never heard or saw
"chaise lounge" before now. And it certainly looks American to me!
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