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From: wmartin@brl-smoke.ARPA (Will Martin )
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Subject: Pronouncing Uranus
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Date: Tue, 21-Jan-86 10:34:43 EST
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In article <188@ncs-med.UUCP> bcg@ncs-med.UUCP (Brian C. Grande) writes:
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>  Around January 24 Voyager 2 will encounter the planet Uranus (Yoo'-renus).

Note the above reference to the pronunciation of "Uranus". This is how I
have always pronounced it. Has anyone else noticed that most TV news
people, when reporting on this, have been saying it as "you-ray'-nus"?

(I suppose they are all terrified of ending up on blooper shows from
pronouncing it "your-anus". :-)

Will