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Munku

08-30-2003 09:44 AM

Uranus or Uranus?

Is it Ur-Uh-Nus or Ur-Anus? Discuss!

uncle phil

08-30-2003 10:02 AM

according to Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, tenth edition, either (or is it either) is proper...

CSflim

08-30-2003 11:37 AM

Pot-aye-tow....pot-ah-tow?

cliv	08-30-2003 02:26 PM

When I was a kid, it was pronounced Ur-Anus and then one day I noticed that everyone started pronouncing Ur-Uh-Nus. Maybe people started feeling self-conscious about saying -Anus ?

RoadRage

08-31-2003 01:52 AM

Asimov gave a suggestion for the pronounciation of "The Unmentionable Planet" in an non-fiction essay with that title. Instead of "your anus" or "urinous" (meaning of or pertaining to urine), he suggested "you ran us" as the least "offensive" way of saying the 7th planet's name.

fhqwhgads

08-31-2003 08:45 AM

I perfer Ur-REC-tum.

/futurama

leakie

09-04-2003 10:01 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by fhqwhgads
I perfer Ur-REC-tum.

/futurama

REC-tum? It damn near KILLED him!

emm... sorry, couldn't resist

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