Hilarious Domain Name Mispronouncings

DomainRookie.com wrote:

What do you check before you buy a domain name. Spelling of course. Trademarks. What else? Sometimes a domain name phrase is intended to be pronounced in one way, but if you look at it differently, it can be pronounced in a another, often hilarious, way. The classic example that is often mentioned on the internet is a site called Experts Exchange, where techies gather to answer each others’ questions. The founder of the site picked out what seemed like the very nice domain name of ExpertsExchange.com, and it became very popular. But, early on, he found out that some were reading the the domain name differently, mispronuncing it as ExpertSexChange.com. LOL! He’s since changed his site name to Experts-Exchange.com to make sure everyone understands he is not in the business of performing sex change operations. I was surprised to see that he did not hang on to the original domain though, pointing it to their new domain name. It now sits parked for click revenue. There are other classic mispronounced domain names. One is the site WhoRepresents.com, with the unfortunate alternate enunciation of WhorePresents.com. But, since it’s in the performing artist arena, maybe it’s not just a misnomer. Another is TherapistFinder.com, for those looking for California marriage and family therapists. Unfortunately, the wrong clientele might stumble upon the site as TheRapistFinder.com. And then there is PenIsland.net, where you can buy custom pens. However, someone could mistake their site name for something else if they pronounce it PenisLand.net. Adding to the hilarity–and maybe it’s just me and my sick mind–is this quote: “Whether you’re looking for a long and skinny pen, a thick pen, a fountain pen that squirts ink, or even a black pen, we have just the one for you.” Is it just me? I’m on the floor laughing my ass off! They had to have written that fully knowing what they were saying. If after reading all this, and I’ve offended you because you are, in fact, a candidate for a sex change if you only had the money, I apologize and I’ve got good news for you. You can head over to DollarSexChange.com. Oh sorry, that was DollarsExchange.com. Here are some other active sites with interesting names: ChooseSpain.com is also ChoosesPain.com GraphicArtsExchange.com is also GraphicArtSexChange.com GoTahoe.com is also GotAHoe.com. Not sure if “hoe” is an alternate spelling for “ho,” but Yahoo Images thinks so. ScaTissue.com is also ScatIssue.com. At least they sell napkins there in case you come across some scat. I used Whois.sc’s Domain Explorer function to find all registered names that ended in “sexechange.com”. There were dozens that were obviously meant to have meanings other sex change. But, the owners must have figured out the problems with them because about all are not in use. These are names like: * Comics Exchange.com (ComicSexChange.com) * VeteransExchange.com (VeteranSexChange.com) * MusiciansExchange.com (MusicianSexChange.com) * ActorsExchange.com (ActorSexChange.com) * ExoticsExchange.com (ExoticSexChange.com) * GraphicsExchange.com (GraphicSexChange.com) * HomesExchange.com (HomeSexChange.com) * KidsExchange.com (KidSexChange.com) * MomsExchange.com (MomSexChange.com) * PlayersExchange (PlayerSexChange.com) * WomensExchange.com (WomenSexChange.com) * StudentsExchange.com (StudentSexChange.com) I understand names with dashes in them are less valuable than those without. While I’ve heard that search engines will possibly index a name with a dash separating multiple keywords better than the same name without dashes, the issue of verbally saying a name with dashes in it is too cumbersome. And , even after it’s said, its too easy for the user to forget to key in the dashes. But, in case such as those I’ve listed here, I it would be wise to pick up two versions of a name, one without the dashes and one with. You could host the domain name with the dashes, and have the one without the dashes redirect to that site. This way, you could advertise your site with the dash in it, for easy recognition of the site’s purpose. Those who forget the dash when keying in the name will be sent the site. I’d like to hear of more mispronounced domain names. If you know any, please post them here in a comment.

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