How Did Uranus Get its Name?

Universe Today ^ | 20 Mar , 2017 | Fraser Cain

[ETL]

Exactly how big is Uranus?

It's huge. And it's filled with smelly gases.

[Trillian]

Man, this is great! As long as you don't make me smell Uranus.
I don't get it.
I'm sorry, Fry.
Astronomers renamed Uranus in 2620 to end that stupid joke once and for all.
What's it called now?
Urectum.

[StAntKnee]

That’s none of your business. How did yours get its name.

[Uncle Miltie]

Because it wasn’t Myanus.

[SkyDancer]

Interesting how Disney named the dog Pluto, the god of the underworld. Maybe the dog Pluto was a hyper boxer dog. And of course plutonium for that bomb.

[Maceman]

Ur’ an us (urinous) is what one become after having too many beers.

[Twinkie]

Ya’ll have just turned this thread into a complete FARCE!!
I would report ya’ll to the authorities; but I’ve had a
laugh out of it and would be a total hypocrite. I KNEW when
I clicked on the thread that it would take a nasty turn.
Sigh. :o(

[Viking2002]

I came into this thread way too late to crack wise. My best material done got stolen and used here.......

[null and void]

I named mine after A. A. Milne’s famous bear...

[PLMerite]

“Actually the “correct” pronunciation is Ur’ an us, not Ur an’ us.”

So does that mean it’s like the anus of Ur, worse than being the armpit of New Jersey?

I slay me.

[UnwashedPeasant]

"How Did Uranus Get its Name?"

You mean Pooter?

[hanamizu]

Exactly. Both pronunciation are a minefield for a Jr High science teacher.

[Jan_Sobieski]

Someone post the Shepherd Smith open mouth picture...

[minnesota_bound]

How Did Uranus Get its Name?
A snickering asstromer named the planet!

Mork: “Hey Gork I gotta go!”.
Gork: “No problem, you can use Uranus. It is the next system over!”.

[fhayek]

When my kids were little, my wife got them underwear with that bear on it. I asked, “why would you buy underwear with Pooh on it?”

[wku man]

Actually, the 1977 (pre-PC) edition of the Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary says either pronunciation is correct. I'll stick to the traditional pronunciation because it makes PC pu**ies uncomfortable, and I'm all about button pushing.

Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!

[hanamizu]

Not that you asked, but the first I read that I had been pronouncing it wrong was an article by Isaac Asimov that declared that Ur’ an us was correct and that everyone had been pronouncing it wrong for ages. When I looked it up in a dictionary, both pronunciations were listed as proper. Then I bought a copy of Uranometria 2000—a star atlas. Reading “Uranometria” with a long-a sound sounded kind of hick-like.
Herschel wanted to name it Georgium after his king—it never hurts to suck up to the boss.

[Albion Wilde]

I’m just here for the comments.

[Albion Wilde]

I named mine after A. A. Milne’s famous bear...

You call it Winnie?

[Tucker39]

Did you know they’re doing new research in DC, using lawyers instead of rats; for 3 reasons. 1. There are more lawyers than rats in DC. 2. Some people LIKE rats. 3. They can get lawyers to do things that rats won’t do.