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zck on Feb 10, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ask HN: How to pronounce “doge”?

From the co-founder of Dogecoin, it's pronounced "dohj". Listen to him say it and explain where it came from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVDcOI0-gdQ

codemonkeymike on Feb 11, 2014 [–]

The co-founder of Dogecoin is not responsible for the start or proliferation of the meme. Which comes from a joke about Vogue (the magazine)thus pronounced as such.

GotAnyMegadeth on Feb 12, 2014 | [–]

That is not the correct origin of Doge http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/doge

PS it's pronounced Dohj

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