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[Maninthemirror]

The 27-year-old entrepreneur has been selling games and gadgets over the Internet for years, but nothing as big as his Wisconsin vacation home, which he is offering for 100 million Dogecoins.

Dogecoin (pronounced DOHJ-coin) isn't something tangible like the dollar bills in your wallet. It's an open source file-sharing form of cryptocurrency that was created by programmer Billy Markus in December 2013. The newbie cryptocurrency started off as a parody of Bitcoin, using the image of a perplexed Japanese dog. Chances are, you've probably seen Dogecoin's mascot somewhere on the Internet already. As the Shiba Inu would say: Wow, much coin-cidence.

But this satirical currency isn't just a punchline anymore. Through trading and transactions between users, the currency went from being worth nothing to being valued at more than $65 million, and it has a uniquely supportive community of users from the site Reddit.

Thompson, a user of Bitcoins since 2011, started buying and selling Dogecoins two days after they were made available online. But the early adopter didn't think of selling his vacation home for cryptocurrency until his property got no offers after several months on the market. His three-bedroom, two-bath home is one of 2,300 properties on sale in Sawyer County, in the state's northern woods.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/26/tech/innovation/dogecoin-cryptocurrency-tech-irpt/index.html

Wtf didnt even know this was more than a joke... Or is it still a joke ?


Wrong location

Mods please move to OT

 

[Alienous]

Wow.

Much OT.

 

[marink]

This will end well.

 

[Jay Sosa]

Through trading and transactions between users, the currency went from being worth nothing to being valued at more than $65 million

sure

 

[Darklord]

 

[Krev]

Dohjcoin? Nope.

 

[Pennywise]

 

[Robin64]

Dogecoin (pronounced DOHJ-coin)

What

 

[Vylash]

 

[yogloo]

Doggy coin you dumb bastards.

 

[Horseress]

HAHAHAHAHA

wat

 

[Twio]

Wow. Wow. Dodge.

 

[Colonel Nasty]

Wait. It's NOT pronounced Dohj?

 

[Alessandro]

What

Fuck IPA, we don't need no one telling us how to spell.

 

[Pennywise]

HAHAHAHAHA

wat

If you're interested in the source material

 

[DrkSage]

I always pronounced "doge" as doh-geh, guess I was wrong?

 

[QuicheFontaine]

What

Well? How do you say 'doge'?

I pronounce it 'd-oh-j'

Spoiler

although now I think about it, I've probably never said it out loud!

 

[Anteater]

Dogecoin (pronounced DOHJ-coin)

 

[MikeHattsu]

This is about Dogecoin, not Coinye

 

[bigkrev]

What makes me angry is that in a year, I'll be paying for these idiots welfare checks when this cryptocurrency scam finally goes belly-up.

 

[Cato the Censor]

First candy, then money. What can the Doge not do?

 

[jayu26]

If you're interested in the source material

Fuck me! Laughing uncontrollably here.

 

[BattleMonkey]

Wait. It's NOT pronounced Dohj?

Yes it is. Says so in the article too.

 

[thesoapster]

I...I've been saying it wrong all along.

 

[zma1013]

Dohj sounds much more comical than any other pronunciation so I will stick with dohj.

 

[Horseress]

If you're interested in the source material

Now my sides are hurting because I can't lmao at work, thank you very much

 

[Robin64]

Man, some of y'all need some help from Magic E.

 

[Cymbal Head]

Dogecoin (pronounced DOGE-coin)

ftfy

 

[Yagharek]

Dogecoin (pronounced DOHJ-coin)

Hard j or soft j?

 

[-Setsuna-]

wow much stupidity woof woof and all that...

 

[Syf]

Dohj? Oh hell no. My life is a lie.

 

[bcl0328]

If you want Dogecoins, just send them here and you will be rich.

 

[Lautaro]

I always pronounced "doge" as doh-geh, guess I was wrong?

If that's wrong, I don't want to be right.

 

[QuicheFontaine]

Man, some of y'all need some help from Magic E.

Aww yeah. I remember that from Look & Read.

"Who can turn dog, into a Doge?"

 

[rpmurphy]

CNN takes side with the Strong Badian pronunciation.

BLOWN THE FUCK OUT.

 

[Timedog]

My girlfriend has been pronouncing it like "dough" with a hard g at the end, and I've been pronouncing it like "dough-gay"

I was almost going to make a thread asking which was correct but I knew I'd be banned or permed by the mods for such a thing (and I cannot be permed before I finish the nelson thread whose OP I've been working hard on for the past 3 years).

I'm glad this thread has come up!!!!!

 

[andymcc]

the girl in this video is crazy.

 

[Jay Sosa]

My girlfriend has been pronouncing it like "dough" with a hard g at the end

yeah me too.

 

[JCX]

Where does dodge come from? There isn't even a second d.

 

[Village]

Who the hell isn't saying Doh-Ge

 

[Shiina]

ド
ゲ
ドゲ

 

[Jay Sosa]

Who the hell isn't saying Doh-Ge

me

 

[Danielsan]

Yes, I feel vindicated! I always pronounced it as Dohj in my mind.

 

[zma1013]

My girlfriend has been pronouncing it like "dough" with a hard g at the end, and I've been pronouncing it like "dough-gay"

That's what I thought the "dohj" was, but I see now those 2 would be different. I think the "dough" with the hard "G" at the end is the funniest way to say it. That's how I say it.

EDIT: Or maybe not, I dunno, whatever you'd use to get a "geh" sound at the end.

 

[air jordans for dogs]

I say doug coin.

 

[MikeHattsu]

Say Doh-Geh here as well.

 

[Khaz]

Dammit english, fix your writing already! So is it a voiced palato-alveolar affricate or a voiced palato-alveolar sibilant?

I say [d̪ɔʒ] doge.

 

[DonasaurusRex]

i always thought it was DohGe ...

 

[MC Safety]

I could buy and sell you all with the Schrutebucks I've collected.

 

[Maninthemirror]

Well looks like i might need to get a mod go change the thread title to reflect the pronunciation conundrum