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28. I've gotten quite enough information on it, thank you.

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Tue Mar 27, 2012, 09:01 PM

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Word Police on NPR!!! Too Funny! [View all] unionworks Mar 2012 OP

Not a current accepted pronunciation as far as I can tell hlthe2b Mar 2012 #1

Take it from me... unionworks Mar 2012 #3

It's been "Ur-ay-nus" my whole life. drm604 Mar 2012 #4

hearing them unionworks Mar 2012 #5

I always thought it was U-rain-us, but have heard it Fla Dem Mar 2012 #6

They should probably rename the planet rucky Mar 2012 #2

In Futurama, it was renamed in 2620 pokerfan Mar 2012 #10

It's named for the Greek god of the sky, frogmarch Mar 2012 #7

For more information on Ouranos: kentauros Mar 2012 #23

Efharisto polí :-) frogmarch Mar 2012 #24

I skimmed it, kentauros Mar 2012 #25

It's a good 'un. I frogmarch Mar 2012 #35

I've gotten quite enough information on it, thank you. rug Mar 2012 #28

!! kentauros Mar 2012 #29

Stop! unionworks Mar 2012 #32

And the difference between a proctologist and a bartender? GoneOffShore Mar 2012 #8

There was a big public debate about this pscot Mar 2012 #9

From the Planetary Society pokerfan Mar 2012 #11

Future Uranus unionworks Mar 2012 #13

Space Patrol! pokerfan Mar 2012 #14

for space cadets unionworks Mar 2012 #15

A riddle msu2ba Mar 2012 #12

That was the whole FUN of it.... MADem Mar 2012 #16

And yet somehow unionworks Mar 2012 #17

I think it was BECAUSE of the potential for solar system jokes that encouraged some people to learn! MADem Mar 2012 #18

If we continue to deplete our natural resources, Noodleboy13 Mar 2012 #19

We are studying unionworks Mar 2012 #20

Interplanet Janet endorses the pronuciation "yoo-RAH-nus" Orrex Mar 2012 #21

Awesome unionworks Mar 2012 #26

Incidentally, here's a book worth considering in this debate: Orrex Mar 2012 #22

Gaseous clouds unionworks Mar 2012 #27

Dilbert Ron Obvious Mar 2012 #30

Love Dilbert unionworks Mar 2012 #31

Robotman too? Ron Obvious Mar 2012 #33

awesome unionworks Mar 2012 #36

Have you ever heard them mention a Shih Tzu? Lasher Mar 2012 #34

Gesundheit! kentauros Mar 2012 #37

this thread unionworks Mar 2012 #38