How do you pronounce ".org"

hi, let me ask how do you pronounce ".org" in english speaking society.

i am from Japan.

in Japan, there is no fixed pronunciation about ".org", but my friends try to pronounce like "dot Oh-law-goo(d)". (this is just Japanese familiar/friendly pronunciation but make no sence for english speakers.:)

my idea is just pronounce separately "dot 'O' 'R' 'G'".

sorry for unusual question for "Web Building" Community..

i really appriciate if someone give information.
 

Hi,

The ".org" is simply pronounced "dot-org", which really stands for "dot-organization".  People just pronounce the first three letters of the word, "org", which is the short form of "organization".  Just like ".com" is pronounced "dot-com", which is the short way of saying "dot-commercial".  Some people would also argue  that "dot-com could be taken to mean "dot-company", as well.

Nothing wrong with saying "dot O-R-G" by just pronouncing them as individual letters.

Hope this helps.

Yann

Thank you Yann, this really help me.

Just say "or-g" (or-jee).

People will laugh and it will be a good conversation starter.

Rog:

People will laugh and it will be a good conversation starter.

Rog,

Remind me never to take language lessons from you... You might want to tell Matsuo why they would be laughing and what you have recommended he say.

Sasha

thanks all you advice--.

i could understand Rog's idea nuance, it is some "ice breaking" thing, isn't it.
my main domain "adgj.net" is also strange one, but most of people understand
when they watch their mobilephne :)

from SEO point of view, Nonprofit-organization tend to chose ".org",
in general,  but , in japan, because people confuse with ".org"
pronunciation, some NPO chose ".net" or ".com" instead of.
 

Konbanwa,

.org is commonly pronounced in the US in a way that sounds like "oar-gah", but "gah" is very short, like gh.

rhymes with:

- cyborg or Bjorn Borg (Link goes to a page with an audio recording)
- morgue
- Korg (Japanese electronics company)

matsuatbct,

Rog was trying to be funny.  It is probably not a good idea to use his pronunciation as an ice breaker if you are talking to serious business clients.  What he is describing is usually sexual in nature. 

Christian_SEO, glamontagne, all, thank you indeed.

> - Korg (Japanese electronics company)

no, Christian_SEO, no, talking about "KORG" we japanese do not pronouce like you :-), sorry.
(here is my pronunciation sample KORG, ORG, OpenOffice.org in Japanese -- http://koebu.com/koebumi/b291a256c7e2b234dfe257cd930fcb88e92f9fcf  )

glamontagne:

if you are talking to serious business clients.  What he is describing is usually sexual in nature.

anyway you all are so kind of many replies in such small question, THANK YOU!

Sorry, I do not know much Japanese, only enough to get me into trouble. :-)

I listened to your recording and it sounds correct, for Japanese. It reminded me of the word "milk" which I have heard pronounced as "mill-ku". Or "cheese" as "cheese-tsu".

Hirosato-san,

Is there a website for TechSoup Japan? I am very keen to follow your developments and wish you good luck!

Don (Australia)

thank you Don to interstead in TechSoup JAPAN!

yes, we have domain but not open yet.

http://www.techsoupjapan.org/

is our domain... yes ".org" domain :)

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for farther info. will be better to go my blog https://www.netsquared.org/members/matsuatbct .

anyway, i want keep discussion about TechSoup everywhere :) and time lag probrem? :) with Europe/America

where should i go to talk about such theme TechSoup Asia/Pacific like TS Europe?

thank you Christian_SEO to hear my voice.

yes, your suggestion is right, we pronouce each syllable with "aeiou".

> Sorry, I do not know much Japanese, only enough to get me into trouble. :-)

no, that ok!

i just met guy from NPO PANGEA and they have project to communicate without language and peace keeping.

this is greate project and fun!

http://www.pangaean.org/

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and http://koebu.com/ provide us online-recording environment. this is also greate service to share voice.

is there any services like this -- recording and sharing on the web ?

matsuatbct:

where should i go to talk about such theme TechSoup Asia/Pacific like TS Europe?

I do not know where ... but it would be good to have a forum for TechSoup Asia/Pacific so we could all converse in a common (or at least close) time zone. Sydney and Tokyo are only 1 hour apart :-) ... maybe TechSoup Global could provide such a forum for Asia and Oceania? 

Don 

The way the TechSoup forums are set up, each user can set the time zone individually, so the posting times are consistent with your time even with all of us posting at very different hours, given where we are in the world. However, we're in the process of getting TechSoup Australia up and running and that includes some community components, like localized forums! You can see the other countries where we have partnerships at http://www.techsoupglobal.org . If you don't see your country listed, drop us an email--we are adding new partners all the time and may have something in the works.

Best,

Megan