Pronouncing DOGE
Language Log 2025-03-01
Summary:
Coby L. wrote to ask why DOGE is pronounced with a final /ʒ/ rather than a final /dʒ/. The Department Of Government Efficiency is clearly a backronym of the Doge meme, which references a Shiba Inu dog, and (according to Wikipedia) can be pronounced /doʊʒ/ or /doʊdʒ/ or /doʊɡ/, though all I've heard from the […]