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by mikedelfino 426 days ago
Do English speakers pronounce .us domains as dot us instead of dot u s?
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williamscales 426 days ago
It would only be pronounced as "uhhss" as part of a domain hack. Otherwise "you ess". Source: am from USA.
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RIMR 426 days ago
Zoomus
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Ylpertnodi 426 days ago
Dot yoo ess. Source: am European.
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KineticLensman 426 days ago
Me too: 'you ess' (British)
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pasc1878 426 days ago
Noting that we British would always call our country "you kay" so .us would be derived from that. I suspect similar reasoning from Europe.
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wyclif 426 days ago
I also say 'dot you ess' and I was born in the USA.
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