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To: doc1019; Rides_A_Red_Horse; pax_et_bonum
The most humorously misnamed planet in the universe ... what was William Herschel thinking when he gave this name to our 7th planet?

"Uranus" is from the Greek word "ouranos" (pronounced "oo-rah-NOS"), which means "heaven" or "sky." And of course in their mythology there was a god to personify such.

34 posted on 06/18/2013 8:18:03 PM PDT by Charles Henrickson (Greek student and teacher)
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To: Charles Henrickson

I attempt humor and all I get is logic and a history lesson ... scheeeese. ;-)


35 posted on 06/18/2013 8:21:09 PM PDT by doc1019 (There is absolutely no difference between pro-choice and pro-abortion.)
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