i was just discussing with a friend a few days ago about how the doge meme basically forces one to write a very short précis about an arbitrary topic, as opposed to lolcats which are themselves the object of the joke, or at most function as a metaphorical symbol.
i guess you can think of doge either as a sort of haiku, or a degenerate cinquain. my suspicion is that the popularity comes from being a hack which allows anal-retentive amateur grammarians to sidestep their ridiculous inner censor for a few seconds and just communicate their feelings and surface-level impressions. thatâs why itâs a faux-pas, as mentioned in the article, to use nearly-correct grammar in a doge; it infringes on the purpose.
many insight. such thought. much retchdoge. wow.
âSuch Weatherâ (from the comments section of TFA) is my new go to site for current conditions:
Such Weather
Iâm waitinâ for this one to be over. Surprise me, Internet, and make it survive the summer.
It could happen.
Nice boat!
âMany nounâ?? Did you even read the article, Xeni?!
Doge? I still havenât seen gangnum style yet.
Many noun isnât an option?
From the article . .
[quote]So if itâs not the shiba inu or the fluorescent comic sans that makes a text doge, then what is it?
Iâm so glad you asked. Letâs put our linguist hats on and get ready to analyze.
Doge speak is clearly composed of subunits which are divided by a period in running text, which Iâm going to call doge phrases. The period is optional in images, but in that case the phrases are scattered artistically around the picture. Here are some examples of doge phrases:
such drift
much dignity
very leeder
many robe
much infinity
so gif
very guitar
such fall
so trick
much feels
very sad
many happy
such pbs
very art
There are also a smaller number of single-word doge phrases, chiefly:
wow
amaze
excite
A minimal doge utterance contains at least two but often three 2-word doge phrases, followed by a single-word doge phrase (most commonly wow). Additional phrases and variants can be added, especially for the sake of cultural references, such as canât believe itâs not doge or dogeway to heaven but they are not what makes an utterance recognizably doge.[/quote]
Many Robe, Very Guitar, Many Noun. Iâm not seeing the issue.
Also, mightâve been a nicer way to say that. Just sayinâ
wow. such meta.
Doge always makes me think of this:
What watch?
Ten watch.
Such much?
Also obligatory Simpsons quote:
Cletus: âOh, sorry about my faux pas, that jug was foâ pa.â
One example are the words much and many. Both of them basically mean âa lot,â but much goes with amorphous masses and many goes with individual countable items. So if you say âmuch wine was consumed,â youâre talking about a large sea of wine, but if you say âmany wines were consumed,â youâre talking about many individual wine-items, in this case probably types of wine like Pinot Grigio or Merlot. But some combinations are better than others: âmany wineâ or âmuch winesâ is definitely not in the canon of Standard English, but sounds excellent in doge speak.
An example that proves my point conveniently popped up on my Facebook while I was writing this, showing someone actually correcting someone elseâs use of doge modifiers to be more ungrammatical.
Friend #1 (posting link): Doge is a rescue dog. Much respect. So noble. Wow.
Friend #2 (commenting): Your dogeing is too coherent. âMuch noble, so respect.â
So it would be âmuch nounâ, because nouns are countable items. âMany nounâ is still ungrammatical, and pretty much still acceptable, as the plural/singular doesnât match up, but not precisely correct.
I can haz more original meme?
I believe that thinking this hard in order to criticize the usage of term in a goofy meme completely defeats the point of goofy memes.
Surely thatâs what theyâre for?
Am I the only person to enjoy the Shakespearean doge-speak in the article? Itâs poetryâŠthereâs a real shape to it, and it echoes the original in a way that deepens the effect rather than cheapens it. For me, at least.
The point is to subvert conventions such as:
ââmanyâ refers to countable itemsâ
As a result, âmuch nounâ would be fine. âmany nounâ is ungrammatical and probably wouldnât be criticized as âtoo coherentâ but there doesnât seem to be any rule in doge to prevent âmuch nounâ which I think is actually funnier because itâs even less coherent than âmany nounâ.
The number of people jumping in to correct usage of a dialect that was purposefully constructed to subvert grammatical rules for the sake of lulz is itself pretty lulzy.
