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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 ...".