Urine-us versus Ur-anus - Upgoat

Urine-us versus Ur-anus
submitted by Sheitstrom to whatever 2.3 yearsFeb 1, 2023 10:29:33 ago (+18/-1) (whatever)

They tried to change the pronunciation of Uranus awhile back. It didn't take but I have heard a person say Urine-us. I just can't believe someone thought Urine-us sounded better than Ur-anus.

Edit: Seems the university middle-brow crowd love urine-us. Euros and their ilk like ur ah nus (never heard that one before) and freedom loving patriots say yur anus as God intended.

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[ - ] GrayDragon 0 points 2.3 yearsFeb 1, 2023 18:08:33 ago (+0/-0)*

Academics always refer to it as yur-in-us:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4NXbFOiOGk&t=22s

This is a hill I will not die on. Don't fucking care.

[ - ] Empire_of_the_Mind 1 point 2.3 yearsFeb 1, 2023 17:25:26 ago (+2/-1)

Urine-us and Ur-ah-nus are the common pronunciations I hear. Yer-anus was never a correct way to say it.

[ + ] Whatthefuck

[ - ] Whatthefuck 2 points 2.3 yearsFeb 1, 2023 18:55:45 ago (+2/-0)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranus_(mythology)

According to this, the correct pronunciation is "Yer Anus", for what it's worth.

Uranus (/ˈjʊərənəs, jʊˈreɪnəs/ (listen) YOOR-ə-nəs, yoo-RAY-nəs)

[ + ] Empire_of_the_Mind

[ - ] Empire_of_the_Mind 3 points 2.3 yearsFeb 1, 2023 19:49:42 ago (+3/-0)

always do the opposite of what wikipedia says

[ + ] GrayDragon

[ - ] GrayDragon 1 point 2.3 yearsFeb 1, 2023 18:10:21 ago (+1/-0)*

Do you not speak American? It was always your-anus in the Land of the Free until faggotry took over.

E: While I was joking about the American part, I am not joking about how it was pronounced, at least during the 70s and 80s.

[ + ] Empire_of_the_Mind

[ - ] Empire_of_the_Mind -1 points 2.3 yearsFeb 1, 2023 19:50:10 ago (+0/-1)

I know it used to be pronounced like that, but it doesn't make it a good pronunciation

[ - ] deleted 4 points 2.3 yearsFeb 1, 2023 12:48:08 ago (+4/-0)

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[ + ] Empire_of_the_Mind

[ - ] Empire_of_the_Mind 1 point 2.3 yearsFeb 1, 2023 17:26:07 ago (+1/-0)

U-rah-nus is the closet to the correct one, yes.

[ + ] Whatthefuck

[ - ] Whatthefuck 1 point 2.3 yearsFeb 1, 2023 18:47:06 ago (+1/-0)

Uranus is the Latin name for the ancient Greek God Ouranos. He was basically a personification of the sky/heavens, and he married Gaia (the Earth - Terra in Latin), who gave birth to the 12 Titans.

The youngest of the 12 was Kronos, a personification of Time (and equivalent to the Latin Saturn), who went on to kill his father by castration, on the advice of his mother.

He then married his sister Rhea and proceeded to eat his children as they were born (Poseiden, Hades, Hera, etc) until Zeus was born and his mother hid him in a cave on Crete and fed Kronos a stone instead.

Zeus (Jupiter) then defeats Kronos and frees all his siblings, marries his sister, and starts having babies with her, as is tradition.

EDIT: I meant to add, the Latin pronunciation for Uranus IS more or less "Yer Anus". The Greek Ouranos is more or less "Oora Nose". Also Ouranos and Urine both share the same PIE root word which means "showering down" (you know, like rain from the sky - he's the sky god).

[ + ] PostWallHelena

[ - ] PostWallHelena 1 point 2.3 yearsFeb 1, 2023 20:35:15 ago (+1/-0)

Also Ouranos and Urine both share the same PIE root word which means "showering down"

Nice work.

[ - ] SocksOnCats 3 points 2.3 yearsFeb 1, 2023 12:33:28 ago (+3/-0)

It’ll always be Ur-ANUS to me.

True story.

High school physics class. All boys school. (Ya, ya whatever.) Funny teacher. He’s introducing us to physics and talking about various displays in the room.

He’s got posters of all the planets and starts naming them. Gets to Uranus, pauses, and says “Yeah I’m not going there.” And moves right on to Neptune.

Got a good laugh.

[ - ] MuricaPersonified 1 point 2.3 yearsFeb 1, 2023 12:00:58 ago (+1/-0)

They dropped the ball with "Urine-us", Ur-an-us is the logical choice of pronunciation to avoid immature giggles.

This topic is dear to me because Uranus was unironically my favorite planet as a kid.

It's a fassinating planet.

[ + ] GrayDragon

[ - ] GrayDragon 1 point 2.3 yearsFeb 1, 2023 18:14:12 ago (+1/-0)

I know you are fucking around, but your hyphenation as "Ur-an-us" can still be pronounced both ways depending upon the stressing of the "A."

[ - ] TexasVet 1 point 2.3 yearsFeb 1, 2023 11:16:48 ago (+1/-0)

The pronunciation did take. I challenge you to find a legit astronomer today that doesn't use the new pronunciation.

[ + ] bobdole9

[ - ] bobdole9 2 points 2.3 yearsFeb 1, 2023 11:37:30 ago (+2/-0)

Was it before or after Pluto was no longer a planet?

[ + ] GrayDragon

[ - ] GrayDragon 1 point 2.3 yearsFeb 1, 2023 18:20:32 ago (+1/-0)*

I was highly stubborn about Pluto being demoted to a dwarf planet until I learned this:

"What has continued to not be up for debate, however, is that Eris [a fucking asteroid] is far more massive than Pluto. Given a nearly identical diameter for Eris and Pluto, Eris’s extra mass makes it the denser of the two dwarf planets."

https://www.universetoday.com/89901/pluto-or-eris-which-is-bigger/

Once I learned that, fuck Pluto, even with its orbiting satellite.

E: Oh, and this makes it worse:

"The Moon is almost one-third bigger than Pluto."

https://littleastronomy.com/moon-vs-pluto/

[ + ] bobdole9

[ - ] bobdole9 1 point 2.3 yearsFeb 1, 2023 22:20:37 ago (+1/-0)

Sounds like some guy got lucky noticing this particular large rock over another. Not bigger than the moon either...well then.

[ + ] lord_nougat

[ - ] lord_nougat 0 points 2.3 yearsFeb 1, 2023 11:20:48 ago (+0/-0)

I know a greek one who calls it "Ooh-ron-oos". Fuckin weirdo foreigner.

[ - ] lord_nougat 3 points 2.3 yearsFeb 1, 2023 11:02:49 ago (+3/-0)

Urine us?

Reminds me of that chinese joke.

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[ - ] deleted 4 points 2.3 yearsFeb 1, 2023 11:15:00 ago (+4/-0)

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[ + ] lord_nougat