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Re:Zoom outage caused by accidental 'shutting down' of the z... by Ylpertnodi on Thursday April 17, 2025 @07:34AM (#43715304)
Dot yoo ess. Source: am European.
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Re:Zoom outage caused by accidental 'shutting down' of the z... by KineticLensman on Thursday April 17, 2025 @08:25AM (#43715780)
Me too: 'you ess' (British)
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Re:Zoom outage caused by accidental 'shutting down' of the z... by pasc1878 on Thursday April 17, 2025 @09:11AM (#43716295)
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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Re:Zoom outage caused by accidental 'shutting down' of the z... by wyclif on Thursday April 17, 2025 @09:19AM (#43716417)
I also say 'dot you ess' and I was born in the USA.
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