Originally posted by vivify The word is actually not even pronounced that way. It's pronounced "ur-uh-nuss". That stupid joke shouldn't even exist as a pun.
Audio of how to pronounce Uranus:
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/pronunciation/english/uranus
[b[BUT[/b]
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/uranus
(with audio)
gives both pronunciations.
Originally posted by vivify Dude, neither pronunciations have the the long "a" sound. Where most people incorrectly say the long "a" sound, it's actually pronounced "uh".
Listen to it again. There's no "a" as in "anus" which people use to make that corny joke.
I am afraid that you are talking out of Uranus.
The phonetic pronunciation of both is the same.
Look here
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/anus
Originally posted by wolfgang59 [b[BUT https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/uranus
(with audio)
gives both pronunciations.
So the joke does work.[/b]
Oh wait...because your format was jumbled, I didn't see that you added a new link. I thought you were quoting my post when you said the pronunciation was the same.
Hmm...Oxford and Cambridge are rivals. I wonder if Oxford added the "anus" pronunciation to spite Cambridge.
Okay. But, most scientists do indeed pronounce Uranus the way Sonhouse said:
The standard way to pronounce Uranus among astronomers is to put the emphasis on the first syllable “ur” and then say the second part “unus”. This is the standard literary pronunciation.
Originally posted by vivify Oh wait...because your format was jumbled, I didn't see that you added a new link. I thought you were quoting my post when you said the pronunciation was the same.
Hmm...Oxford and Cambridge are rivals. I wonder if Oxford added the "anus" pronunciation to spite Cambridge.
Okay. But, most scientists do indeed pronounce Uranus the way Sonhouse said ...[text shortened]... e “ur” and then say the second part “unus”. This is the standard literary pronunciation.[/quote]
Aside, maybe, from astronomers, who gives a rats anus, how it's pronounced?