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Jun24

2 Nov 2016

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Was bedeutet How do you pronounce "Us" of "Us Weekly"? ?

I thought it's pronounced as "U.S." as in United States.
But a person pronounced it as "ʌ́s" like "us" on a TV show.

I wonder how to pronouce it, and what "Us" stands for.

Thank you.

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terry2016

2 Nov 2016

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It is us as in the objective pronoun. The magazine specializes in entertainment stories. It isn't directly ABOUT the United States.

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Anixias

2 Nov 2016

Englisch (US)

I think it should be U.S.

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terry2016

2 Nov 2016

Englisch (US)

It is us as in the objective pronoun. The magazine specializes in entertainment stories. It isn't directly ABOUT the United States.

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terry2016

2 Nov 2016

Englisch (US)

If they mean the United States it is usually written US - both letters capitalized. And then it is pronounced: U S (the letters)

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Jun24

2 Nov 2016

Japanisch

@terry2016 Thanks a lot for answering my question!
So, I guess it's not grammatically correct, but the idea is to pun "U.S."?

terry2016

2 Nov 2016

Englisch (US)

I don't think so. There is also a magazine called people. It basically does the same format. so I think they are in competition

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Jun24

2 Nov 2016

Japanisch

@terry2016 Oh, I see. Like "general people" vs. "us." That's interesting.
Thanks a lot for explaining it.

terry2016

2 Nov 2016

Englisch (US)

these aren't exactly pillars of the journalism. I don't know a Japanese equivalent, but if there was something called Akihabara today that would be about the level they write on

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Jun24

2 Nov 2016

Japanisch

@terry2016 Yes, you're right. We have several weekly magazines such as
週刊現代 (Weekly nowadays), 週刊実話 (Weekly True Story), 週刊大衆 (Weekly people).
I'd like to read "Akihabara today" if it is published, by the way. xD