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pcrh
on Jan 23, 2014
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Dogecoin and the Appeal of Small Numbers
I guess Doge as in Dogecoin was meant to be pronounced "doggie", deliberately misspelt, whereas the Venetian Doge is pronounced /ˈdoʊdʒ/ (~doj).
klez
on Jan 23, 2014
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The E at the end of doge (Venetian ruler) is not mute.
pcrh
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Wikipedia has the e as mute in Venetian but not in Italian...?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_of_Venice
klez
on Jan 25, 2014
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I'm Venetian, so I'm probably biased, but I never heard the word 'doge' without the 'e' even outside Venice.
pcrh
on Jan 27, 2014
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Maybe Wikipedia needs correcting...
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