Such Thread. Much Posts. Amaze

[DarthMol]

If you're familiar with this kind of grammar you've probably seen this guy:

For some reason the sheer "ungrammaticality" of the phrases brings a smile to my face. At varsity I studied a bit of linguistics so I'm always interested in new forms of communication.

Here is an interesting article on "doge speak" Very link. Wow

So, for a bit of fun, post any doge images you find amusing or take on the challenge and try to keep any posts you make here in doge speak (check the article for tips on doing this).

Much excite. So entertainment.

 

[HavocXphere]

At varsity I studied a bit of linguistics so I'm always interested in new forms of communication.

Well then riddle me this.

I rate the style is meant to convey a stream of thought type message. Others I have spoken to rate its intended to convey an inferior reasoning ability. i.e. Dog fascinated with something simplistic.

Varsity linguistics...go.

Also...interesting parallels to the cat thing (I can haz cheese burger).

 

[Mister 44]

Well then riddle me this.

I rate the style is meant to convey a stream of thought type message. Others I have spoken to rate its intended to convey an inferior reasoning ability. i.e. Dog fascinated with something simplistic.

Varsity linguistics...go.

Also...interesting parallels to the cat thing (I can haz cheese burger).

Ooooooh. Good parallel you draw there between the cat and dog memes. It is rooted in the basic anthropomorphic attributes that humans like to associate with animals (or devices for that matter). Personally I believe that a lot can be learned from a person by documenting the memes they chose to forward. I'm not well versed in psychology, but I am sure there is an underlying reason why some people prefer the "doge" meme to the general "i can haz" (cat) one. And I think it is not merely an indication of being a dog or cat person. Maybe it's a submissive (dog)/dominant (cat) situation?

 

[Glordit]

Ooooooh. Good parallel you draw there between the cat and dog memes. It is rooted in the basic anthropomorphic attributes that humans like to associate with animals (or devices for that matter). Personally I believe that a lot can be learned from a person by documenting the memes they chose to forward. I'm not well versed in psychology, but I am sure there is an underlying reason why some people prefer the "doge" meme to the general "i can haz" (cat) one. And I think it is not merely an indication of being a dog or cat person. Maybe it's a submissive (dog)/dominant (cat) situation?

Could well be that "lolcatz" has fallen away and lost it's popularity, and "Doge" is the more popular meme of choice at this point in time?

The whole dodge, theme in what I have observed can also be based on the simple fact that the dog is a Japanese Shiba (Shiba Inu) breed, so broken english is a way of communicating a sense of how asian people can't pronounce our wording correctly, so the dog being asian uses simple broken english to communicate a simple joke.

Other than that, it's a meme. It will be popular for a few months then fall back into it's niche (/r/doge and 4chan sub channels)

 

[DarthMol]

Hey this thread became a lot more thought provoking than I expected. Much excite.

@ Havoc - I agree with the stream of thought interpretation - it certainly comes across that what we're reading is what's going on in this little guys brain. I don't believe the "inferior reasoning ability" is an accurate description because although the terms expressed are nonconformant to standard English grammar - the concepts expressed are understandable and in fact are quite insightful. Take for instance the image I started the thread with. "Much search" (the sheer amount of searches), very internet (epitome of what the internet represents), wow (appreciation of the phenomenon that google is), lastly "many colours" actually fails according to the rules of "doge speak" in that it actually makes sense grammatically (so let's ignore this one).

@Mr.44 - I think you're onto something. I wouldn't be caught dead posting a lolcatz meme. Incidentally I am a dog person but as you say that is not necessarily a direct indication as to whether one prefers the cat or dog meme. Possibly it results from the impression each meme gives - the doge does not seem to be aware of the "ungrammaticality" of his phrases whereas the cat seems to be intentionally breaking the rules of grammar and spelling. I'm seem to relate better to a sympathetic disposition towards the dog and be turned off by the "arrogance" of the cat. That's my initial impression of it.

@ Glodit - It certainly appears to be the next trend in meme-speak. I would tend to agree that the dog's Asian origin plays a role in the way that the "doge" speaks - although the meme works even if you aren't familiar with the Shiba Inu breed. It's more like a play on the dog's intelligence (usually shown to be inferior to cats and obviously humans) in that the dog knows the words but fumbles in the grammatical connection between them. The humour that results can be likened to they way people chuckle/snigger at the way 2nd language speakers attempt to speak English, e.g. an Afrikaans person saying: "I can like to..." (No offence intended)