Pronouncing Uranus

[Percivale]

Why don't we pronounce it like 'you're On us?' That sounds better than the alternatives and is more like the original pronunciation.

 

[Sabertooth]

I have always heard "you're in us," but it is harder to make middle-school jokes with that pronunciation... ⛢

 

[Percivale]

I have always heard "you're in us," but it is harder to make middle-school jokes with that pronunciation... ⛢

You mean urinous? That's what the standard pronunciation sounds like to me.

 

[Tinker Grey]

I was taught the "naughty" one: ur anus. I "can't" say it any other way.

But, changing the pronunciation of words to prevent 5th-graders giggling is a road I don't want to go down.

 

[OldWiseGuy]

So many great jokes that we can't tell here.

 

[pitabread]

Why don't we pronounce it like 'you're On us?' That sounds better than the alternatives and is more like the original pronunciation.

That's the way I've usually heard it pronounced when one wants to avoid the obvious jokes that the other pronunciation leads to.

 

[lordjeff]

Why don't we pronounce it like 'you're On us?' That sounds better than the alternatives and is more like the original pronunciation.

Actually you're correct-that is the Latin way & the way used by those in the astronomy field.

 

[Shemjaza]

 

[Tinker Grey]

Actually you're correct-that is the Latin way & the way used by those in the astronomy field.

Uranus is Greek.

 

[Aryeh Jay]

Uranus is Greek.

Nope, nope, I can't. So tempting...

 

[sjastro]

I knew it was a matter of time before Futurama turned up in this thread.
The original name Georgium Sidus should have been retained to avoid any embarrassment.

 

[Theodoric]

I've occasionally heard it pronounced with the emphasis on the first syllable, such as 'EUR-ah-nus"

Don't know if that's correct, but it solves the middle school giggling problem.

 

[lordjeff]

Uranus is Greek.

Doesn't matter, in some of the sciences a large part of nomenclature was to accent the "pre-penultimate." E.g. nomenclature in American English you would assume accent the 1st syllable. The alternative pronunciation is accent the 2nd syllabe: no-MEN-cla-ture. Another example is the Himalayas, traditionally on the 1st. My prof in stratigraphy did the 2nd hi-MAL-al-ay-as. No one had a hissy fit. Tolerance.

 

[ViaCrucis]

We could just go back to calling it George. Though what's the fun in that?

-CryptoLutheran

 

[Shemjaza]

Heh, in Australian English it sounds more like: you RAIN us

 

[Freodin]

Actually you're correct-that is the Latin way & the way used by those in the astronomy field.

Considering that neither Romans nor Greeks pronouced the "U" as a consonant, this is highly unlikely.

It's only in English that the first sylable of this planet is homonymous with "you".

 

[Ophiolite]

Doesn't matter, in some of the sciences a large part of nomenclature was to accent the "pre-penultimate." E.g. nomenclature in American English you would assume accent the 1st syllable. The alternative pronunciation is accent the 2nd syllabe: no-MEN-cla-ture. Another example is the Himalayas, traditionally on the 1st. My prof in stratigraphy did the 2nd hi-MAL-al-ay-as. No one had a hissy fit. Tolerance.

When teaching classes with a range of nationalities I always pronounced "Nomenclature" as "Technical Vocabulary".

 

[Larniavc]

Why don't we pronounce it like 'you're On us?' That sounds better than the alternatives and is more like the original pronunciation.

I’ve always pronounced it Yer-ranus.

 

[Minister Monardo]

Why don't we pronounce it like 'you're On us?' That sounds better than the alternatives and is more like the original pronunciation.

Have you not seen the movie, Spaceballs, featuring the spaceship bumper sticker:
IUranus

 

[Brightmoon]

Nope, nope, I can't. So tempting...

. Thank you for making my day , just laughed til I cried