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Disqus > "Discuss" Wow, that makes sense. But for some weird reason, I always thought it was pronounced "Dis-kiss".

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• rokhayakebe 15y ago
  How did you get kiss out of qus
  • jowiar 15y ago
    The same way you get it out of cus?
  • baddox 15y ago
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discus_throw http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discus_throw I initially thought it was pronounced like the heavy disc. The second syllable isn't exactly "kiss," but the first syllable is stressed.
  • stevenj 15y ago
    I'm guessing I heard someone call it "Dis-Kiss" or "Dis-qiss", and it stuck.