New blog url address with odd word

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  janethefarmer · Member · Mar 8, 2019 at 1:12 am

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  I am trying to start a new free blog and when I get to the part about giving my blog an address, it only gives me the choice of xxxx.travel.blog. Why is it doing that and how do I get a regular url like xxxx.wordpress.com?

  I don’t want to talk about travel and don’t really want travel in the url.

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  synapsemage · Member · Mar 8, 2019 at 1:55 am

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  Hi,

  When you get to the, Give your site an address, screen the first options display choices for if you wanted to pay for and use a custom domain. Directly below that is the free xxx.wordpress.com address that you can use.

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  janethefarmer · Member · Mar 8, 2019 at 2:08 am

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  Yes, it’s that free option below the paid choices that says travel.blog

  If I can find a place to post a picture, I’ll show you what I am talking about.

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  janethefarmer · Member · Mar 8, 2019 at 2:20 am

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  Hope this works. https://postimg.cc/k688K6pG

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  janethefarmer · Member · Mar 8, 2019 at 3:30 am

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  I finally got it done by trying with two different email addresses. With the first one, I was given the free option of xxxx.video.com which was even weirder than the travel.com one. But with the second email, it came up with wordpress.com.

  I have no idea why wordpress is doing this and making it so hard.