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How To Pronounce URLs

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Have yor ever noticed how, on the radio, either in regular programming or in advertisement, people say URLs differently?

Take www.mywebsite.com for example. When we say it in normal conversation, we say w-w-w-dot-mywebsite-dot-com. On the radio, more often than not, they'll say w-w-w-mywebsite-dot-com. They'll omit the first "dot" in the URL. Sometimes they'll even say w-w-mywebsite-dot-com, omitting a "w".

Have you also noticed that they can't seem to agree on a term for the action of visiting a website by typing its URL into the address box and then press enter. They use terms like "logon to ..." or "click on ..." or "surf over to ..." or "go to ...".

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Re: How To Pronounce URLs

My favorite is when people call "/" a backslash, which is a forward slash, of course. I never say the "www" part: "stuff that happens dot com" gets people there.

Re: How To Pronounce URLs

And some people say URL as Earl and some spell it out U.R.L. I prefer the latter, but that's just me...

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