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pandr32

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15. How about we keep the 'ff' and add it to the e.

Reply to JHB (Original post)

Wed Feb 12, 2025, 01:06 PM

Feb 12

Efficiency has the ff sound tight to the e. Therefore...DOG-eff, as in eff off. We could make the 'g' barely audible (like many letters in French) and just say do-eff as in get f*cked. I think that works for Musk's looting agency.

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I would like to encourage my fellow Americans to pronounce DOGE correctly (bear with me)... [View all] JHB Feb 12 OP

DOG - E.................. Lovie777 Feb 12 #1

An alternate pronunciation is "Dodge" or "dodgy" Bernardo de La Paz Feb 12 #2

DODGY underpants Feb 12 #3

That's what i was just going to say! ShazzieB Feb 13 #20

Right on. Thanks for correcting me. Below is how I've been pronouncing it! 😂 MLAA Feb 12 #4

That works for me! Roxi Feb 12 #8

For some reason, this reminded me of a med student I knew... 3catwoman3 Feb 12 #16

I'll save that word for future use! 😂 MLAA Feb 12 #17

That's my pronunciation with abject apologies to all in the canine community. Polly Hennessey Feb 12 #5

Thank you. This is how Heather Cox Richardson pronounces it Pinback Feb 12 #6

I just say "dodgy" Roxi Feb 12 #7

GMTA - see my post #9 right below yours. 3catwoman3 Feb 12 #10

Yes! Roxi Feb 12 #12

My thought is that the doggos won't really care, but it's the sort of thing that gets under the skin of that mango-hued JHB Feb 12 #11

Very true Roxi Feb 12 #14

Here's an additional idea - say it like "dodgy." 3catwoman3 Feb 12 #9

That means we can call MuskRat and his little elves -- Polly Hennessey Feb 12 #13

How about we keep the 'ff' and add it to the e. pandr32 Feb 12 #15

The Doges of Venice Wicked Blue Feb 12 #18

Ok, doggie shit it is intrepidity Feb 12 #19