Gray Matters by Stuart Carlson and Jerry Resler for August 13, 2023

URANus

Mercury … Venus … Earth … Mars … Jupiter … Saturn … Bob …Neptune — Yes, that sounds right.

“What about Bob?”

Maybe just shorten it to Uran. No, wait, that doesn’t work either. It sounds like another word that would make kids giggle.

Only Americans have this problem. British English has a very different pronunciation.

What do Spock and TP have in common?