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Probably. But I got over it 25 years ago. I think of it as “dotnet” in my head which seems better.

Do people say .net in some way other than "dotnet"? Or did I misunderstand?

I worded that badly, but what I meant is I almost never use ".net", I use "dotnet". Eg, when I'm typing up documentation or an email.

this is the way .. I mostly just think of it as c# too (I know f# etc exists but nobody I know is using it)