wmartin@brl-smoke.ARPA (Will Martin ) (01/21/86)
In article <188@ncs-med.UUCP> bcg@ncs-med.UUCP (Brian C. Grande) writes: > > Around January 24 Voyager 2 will encounter the planet Uranus (Yoo'-renus). Note the above reference to the pronunciation of "Uranus". This is how I have always pronounced it. Has anyone else noticed that most TV news people, when reporting on this, have been saying it as "you-ray'-nus"? (I suppose they are all terrified of ending up on blooper shows from pronouncing it "your-anus". :-) Will
steve@jplgodo.UUCP (Steve Schlaifer x3171 156/224) (01/23/86)
> In article <188@ncs-med.UUCP> bcg@ncs-med.UUCP (Brian C. Grande) writes: > > > > Around January 24 Voyager 2 will encounter the planet Uranus (Yoo'-renus). > > Note the above reference to the pronunciation of "Uranus". This is how I > have always pronounced it. Has anyone else noticed that most TV news > people, when reporting on this, have been saying it as "you-ray'-nus"? > > (I suppose they are all terrified of ending up on blooper shows from > pronouncing it "your-anus". :-) > > Will According to Webster's Seventh Collegiate Dictionary, the preferred (first) pronunciation is Yur'-e-nes (where the e is like in kitten and the u like foot). But, the second pronunciation is Yu-ra'-nes (long a, e and u as above). The TV news people who use the second pronunciation are at least using it correctly. ...smeagol\ Steve Schlaifer ......wlbr->!jplgodo!steve Advance Projects Group, Jet Propulsion Labs ....group3/ 4800 Oak Grove Drive, M/S 156/204 Pasadena, California, 91109 +1 818 354 3171
ivy@aicchi.UUCP (Iverson) (01/26/86)
> In article <188@ncs-med.UUCP> bcg@ncs-med.UUCP (Brian C. Grande) writes: > > > > Around January 24 Voyager 2 will encounter the planet Uranus (Yoo'-renus). > > Note the above reference to the pronunciation of "Uranus". This is how I > have always pronounced it. Has anyone else noticed that most TV news > people, when reporting on this, have been saying it as "you-ray'-nus"? > > (I suppose they are all terrified of ending up on blooper shows from > pronouncing it "your-anus". :-) > > Will "Your anus", or "Urinous", take your pick the biological choices. I do like "you RAY nous", but everyone tells me I'm wrong. [just visiting this planet]
GMP@PSUVM.BITNET (02/01/86)
At the time we were shooting objects at the moon, that celestial orb
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lost its status as a love song object. Svoboda Knish and his Merry Men
honored the occasion by writing a new love song entitled, "I love to see
Uranus in your face." I don t know whether this is a clue to pronunciation,
but it was a good polka and dot's about the size of it.
signed
The Flat Earth Society