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