Originally posted by vivify[b[BUT[/b]
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
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/uranus
(with audio)
gives both pronunciations.
So the joke does work.
Originally posted by wolfgang59Dude, neither pronunciations have the the long "a" sound. Where most people incorrectly say the long "a" sound, it's actually pronounced "uh".
[b[BUT
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/uranus
(with audio)
gives both pronunciations.
So the joke does work.[/b]
Listen to it again. There's no "a" as in "anus" which people use to make that corny joke.
Originally posted by vivifyI am afraid that you are talking out of Uranus.
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.
The phonetic pronunciation of both is the same.
Look here
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/anus
Originally posted by wolfgang59You're saying he is full of gas? Anyway, it is emphasied on the first syllable, UR uh nuss.
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
A lot of people put the emPHAsis on the wrong SyllAHble.
Originally posted by wolfgang59Oh 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.
[b[BUT
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/uranus
(with audio)
gives both pronunciations.
So the joke does work.[/b]
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:
http://www.universetoday.com/18943/how-should-you-pronounce-uranus/
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.
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Originally posted by vivifyAside, maybe, from astronomers, who gives a rats anus, how it's pronounced?
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]