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To: machogirl
I knew that I couldn’t pronounce Uranus they way we kids used to.....

So how did you deal with the cognitive dissonance with your pronunciation of "uranium"?

The old explanation of the pronunciation used to be "shut up! -- and straighten up in the back there!"

47 posted on 10/03/2010 2:54:40 AM PDT by lentulusgracchus
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To: lentulusgracchus

didn’t have to do that in 4th grade. when i was a kid, i used to say mustard, as “must turd”. lol


48 posted on 10/03/2010 3:04:12 AM PDT by machogirl (First they came for my tagline.)
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