To: LibWhacker
I remember a while back when there was a thing on PBS about Uranus. They went nutz on making sure they pronounced it “You-rin-us” rather than the correct pronunciation of “You-rain-us”. What a bunch of maroons.
12 posted on
01/11/2011 2:58:43 PM PST by
ReverendJames
(Only A Lawyer, A Painter, A Politician And The Media Can Change Black To White)
To: ReverendJames
“In order to stop all those insipid jokes, the planet Uranus was renamed Urectum.” Proff Farnsworth, Futurama
22 posted on
01/11/2011 3:04:56 PM PST by
allmendream
(Tea Party did not send the GOP to D.C. to negotiate the terms of our surrender to socialism.)
To: ReverendJames
33 posted on
01/11/2011 3:24:46 PM PST by
Dr.Deth
To: ReverendJames
I took 4 college level astronomy courses in the late 1960’s
the term used by the astronomy professors at that time was
YOUR RAIN US.
so the politically correct revisionists have struck another blow.
40 posted on
01/11/2011 3:33:30 PM PST by
Vaquero
(BHO....'The Pretenda from Kenya')
To: ReverendJames
Actually, it’s “Oo-ranus” after Urania (pronounced “oo-rania”) the goddess of the heavens.
To: ReverendJames
I prefer the “Your uh nis” pronunciation because poor Uranus is the butt of so many jokes.
96 posted on
01/12/2011 8:48:56 AM PST by
Brett66
(Where government advances, and it advances relentlessly , freedom is imperiled -Janice Rogers Brown)
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