Let’s face it, folks, no one will ever call it “YOOR-a-nus” because there are just too many good jokes to tell. Example: “Anyone interested in a telescope that can pick out Uranus?”
Also, the fact that it has a lot of gas, including methane, doesn’t help its case.
No one, SherlockWatson? Think again! I’m used to the older pronunciations of “Uranus” and “Uranian”, and using them doesn’t provoke the vulgarity in my mind that it seems to provoke in almost everyone else’s (shame on you all). But I use the current astronomical pronunciations whenever I can break lifelong force of habit enough to do so.
margueritem over 15 years ago
snicker, snerk…hehe…
margueritem over 15 years ago
margueritem says:
chromosome says:
So THAT’S what Easter eggs hatch into. BTW, save some bittersweet chocolate for me, too.
~ You got it! I see that someone has already eaten the ears off of one rabbit, and the tail off of the other one.
terry over 15 years ago
Neptune is the 3rd largest planet in the solar system. Uranus is the 4th largest – Terry Terman
Rakkav over 15 years ago
For the record:
Uranus = Equatorial Radius: 25,559 km http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Uranus
Neptune = Equatorial Radius: 24,764 km http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Neptune
However, Neptune is more massive (same sources). :)
“Third largest” means in diameter, not in mass.
McGehee over 15 years ago
If it’s pronounced the way the Uranoids claim, I’d worry about them getting a tract infection.
carmy over 15 years ago
The Uranoids are all anal.
Benedick over 15 years ago
Wow, Uranus is pretty big!
Sherlock Watson over 15 years ago
Let’s face it, folks, no one will ever call it “YOOR-a-nus” because there are just too many good jokes to tell. Example: “Anyone interested in a telescope that can pick out Uranus?”
Also, the fact that it has a lot of gas, including methane, doesn’t help its case.
Rakkav over 15 years ago
No one, SherlockWatson? Think again! I’m used to the older pronunciations of “Uranus” and “Uranian”, and using them doesn’t provoke the vulgarity in my mind that it seems to provoke in almost everyone else’s (shame on you all). But I use the current astronomical pronunciations whenever I can break lifelong force of habit enough to do so.
David Huie Green AmericaIsGreatItHasUs almost 6 years ago
Take it like a man.