I had never seen it in comments from Quebecois, don’t know if it’s used on Reddit (where the community is actually active) and it’s just too new… We already did literal translations of some things, like a post is a poteau (as in, a post that you plant in the ground to build a fence or to fix a mailbox to…), upvotes are positivotes… So why not moimois!
In French, usually selfies. The Québéc French Language Office (OQLF) proposes “égoportrait” but I’ve only ever seen that used very rarely in more formal written contexts.
Yes, we do that in German, too. Me=mich -> meme=Michmich.
According to someone from rance they do the moimoi-thing, too.
I had never seen it in comments from Quebecois, don’t know if it’s used on Reddit (where the community is actually active) and it’s just too new… We already did literal translations of some things, like a post is a poteau (as in, a post that you plant in the ground to build a fence or to fix a mailbox to…), upvotes are positivotes… So why not moimois!
The use of moimoi is itself a meme.
Memeception
Moimoiception en français!
positivotes sounds much happier
But negativotes sounds much sadder
What do the Germans and/or French call selfies?
Don’t know about the French, but in German you can’t go wrong with Selbsties.
Selbstchen, surely. Which also has the dubious honour of having six consonants in a row. Or Selbstli if you’re fancy?
That sounds swiss though.
Hence fancy ;)
In French, usually selfies. The Québéc French Language Office (OQLF) proposes “égoportrait” but I’ve only ever seen that used very rarely in more formal written contexts.