# URLs in spoken form

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urls-in-spoken-form/170278>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 22, 2003, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urls-in-spoken-form/170278 "2003-04-22T09:16:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urls-in-spoken-form/170278/41 "2003-04-24T00:20:48Z")

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1. Dots yea, dubyas nay. I’d say “straightdope dot com”.
2. Dot 'EY YOU!
3. P’tchaw. I work in the snail mail industry. Wax seals, stagecoaches, and all that.

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**Author:** ![DarkJudicator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@DarkJudicator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarkJudicator)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urls-in-spoken-form/170278/42 "2003-04-24T02:06:38Z")

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Well that seems pretty much answered. **matt** ’s freedom-Canadian version of the average URL was a nice touch. 🙂

Mods, close when ready.

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**Author:** ![Dogface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9d8465/32.png) [@Dogface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogface)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urls-in-spoken-form/170278/43 "2003-04-24T02:19:12Z")

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Consider:

[http://www.straightdope.com/](http://www.straightdope.com/)

Here’s how I’d say it:

“tridub straightdope (that’s all one word) com”

“tridub”–www, if you speak English you can see the derivation.  
Since most of the major domains are fairly known, when spoken on their own a period is presumed.

now the following:

[http://mypage.iu.edu/~brmalone/](http://mypage.iu.edu/~brmalone/)

“mypage (that’s all one word) iu (the two letters) ed-yoo slash squiggle bee-arr-malone slash”

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**Author:** ![rayray5884](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/57b2e6/32.png) [@rayray5884](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayray5884)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urls-in-spoken-form/170278/44 "2003-04-24T06:31:05Z")

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1.) straightdope dot com  
2.) US  
3.) Might as well count me in. I’m a computer science major and will probably be in IT someday.

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