Uranus was originally called King George’s star after the king of England. I always wondered if the discoverer of the green planet was trying to call King George a…..
sandfan, that is the preferred pronunciation used by astronomers and noted in dictionaries, although the one that makes all these bad jokes possible is considered secondary and acceptable.
@puddleglum1066: While “Uranus” and “urinous” can be confused, it’s less obvious. And perhaps the overriding reason for choosing the “preferred” pronunciation after all has nothing to do (or at least less to do) with scatology, but rather with mythology and linguistics.
Methinks methane is the problem with O-Dor. It just pssses me off that all these years I’ve been saying
your-ANUS when I should have been pronouncing it URINE-us!
margueritem about 14 years ago
Hey, I’m only 4 1/2…
ksoskins about 14 years ago
People frequently fear O-Dor from Uranus, especially in small poorly ventilated places, such as the average cubicle at work.
Nebulous Premium Member about 14 years ago
Since an Uranian year is equivalent ot 84.3 Earthly ones, then only Humans older than 421 will tremble with fear of O-Dor.
Not many of those around, though.
luezer about 14 years ago
Uranus was originally called King George’s star after the king of England. I always wondered if the discoverer of the green planet was trying to call King George a…..
HeckleMeElmo about 14 years ago
O-Dor, you should be puffed up with pride that your father to you has passed such a Formidable And Redoubtable Title.
HeckleMeElmo about 14 years ago
It’s an ill wind that blows nobody any good.
HeckleMeElmo about 14 years ago
Listening to “Classical Gas”
lewisbower about 14 years ago
I’m obviously an intellectual with a high degree of culture. The coffee on my keyboard was an accident.
HeckleMeElmo about 14 years ago
California clamps down on tailpipe emissions; UFO sightings in sharp decline
HeckleMeElmo about 14 years ago
Google StreetView video from O-Dor’s neighborhood?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTMaTeUsWis
Rakkav about 14 years ago
I see my predictions from yesterday were spot-on. Thanks a lot, folks, for living down to my expectations.
Dkram about 14 years ago
Johanan, are you mooning us?
\\//_
MisngNOLA about 14 years ago
pwned.
Sandfan about 14 years ago
It ain’t your name that will be making them tremble, O-dor.
I had a general science teacher in 7th or 8th grade who made us pronounce it as YOUR-a-nus.
Takiniteasy about 14 years ago
Gee, you get here late and all the good puns are all taken …
Rakkav about 14 years ago
sandfan, that is the preferred pronunciation used by astronomers and noted in dictionaries, although the one that makes all these bad jokes possible is considered secondary and acceptable.
wicky about 14 years ago
Did you know that there is a ring around Uranus?
McGehee about 14 years ago
That guy’s from Uranus? Funny, he doesn’t look like a Klingon.
GeeDee Premium Member about 14 years ago
I’m not getting on an elevator with this guy.
ksoskins about 14 years ago
Submachine asked, “Did you know that there is a ring around Uranus?”
No, but I do know “Tie a Yellow Ribbon ‘Round the Old Oak Tree”.
Rakkav about 14 years ago
Johanan, are you mooning us?
Yeah, you could say that; all this off-color humor is making me feel blue.
matt about 14 years ago
I tremble in fear whenever I smell O-DOR is near
Sherlock Watson about 14 years ago
I wonder how this will all come out in the end?
Coyoty Premium Member about 14 years ago
I hope he doesn’t sell it. We don’t need another moon from Uranus.
puddleglum1066 about 14 years ago
I never understood why astronomers felt the pronunciation “URINE-us” was any less scatalogical than “yer-ANUS.”
3hourtour Premium Member about 14 years ago
..ha ha ha uranus owns the moon ha ha ha …
Rakkav about 14 years ago
@puddleglum1066: While “Uranus” and “urinous” can be confused, it’s less obvious. And perhaps the overriding reason for choosing the “preferred” pronunciation after all has nothing to do (or at least less to do) with scatology, but rather with mythology and linguistics.
Uranus - Dictionary.com
alan.gurka about 14 years ago
Methinks methane is the problem with O-Dor. It just pssses me off that all these years I’ve been saying your-ANUS when I should have been pronouncing it URINE-us!