tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4367190233877799632.post6826505273072352926..comments2024-02-27T09:51:03.152-08:00Comments on On Memetics: Spanish memesTim Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06623536372084468307noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4367190233877799632.post-59199689583872133232012-02-25T03:55:39.209-08:002012-02-25T03:55:39.209-08:00I researched the issue again. The term "tiri...I researched the issue again. The term "tirinhas" really is being used a lot by South American Spanish populations in connection with memes. "Tirinhas engraçadas" - as they often call them. Words are portable.Tim Tylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06623536372084468307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4367190233877799632.post-62210276974844036982012-02-25T03:40:24.452-08:002012-02-25T03:40:24.452-08:00Not specifically Spain: the Spanish-speaking world...Not specifically Spain: the Spanish-speaking world. The massive internet traffic relating to "memes" is apparently coming from South American Hispanic populations. Full details are in my first link, but the countries involved are, in order: Brazil, Paraguay, Chile, Costa Rica, Mexico, Argentina and El Salvador.Tim Tylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06623536372084468307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4367190233877799632.post-264566714013318902012-02-25T03:15:58.180-08:002012-02-25T03:15:58.180-08:00Meme theory is almost unknown in Spain unless you ...Meme theory is almost unknown in Spain unless you speak of memes under the form of internet viruses.<br /><br />Jesus Mosterin mentions memes in his book "La cultura (The Culture)" but only superficially.<br /><br />Most books on meme theory have not been published in spanish at all.<br /><br />In "Consciousness explained" ("La conciencia explicada), the spanish term for memes is not even memes, is "memas".<br /><br />By the way "tirinhas" is portuguese not spanish.<br /><br />Juan Alfonso del BustoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com