Uranus.
UR ANUS.
I know it's the name of a Greek God, but what the hell were they thinking when they named this planet?
Scientist 1: We still have to name this planet, uhuh huh...
Scientist 2: How about "Uranus"? uh huhuh huh...
Scientist 1: Yeah, sounds good, uh huhuh huh...
It's probably just an excuse for scientists to say "your anus"
What's the 7th planet from the sun? Ur anus. lololol
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Its called "Urectom" in the future so shut up!
I thought they were named in Greek times?
At 6/19/09 11:13 AM, simsam114 wrote: I know it's the name of a Greek God, but what the hell were they thinking when they named this planet?
They were thinking in a language that is not english, perhaps?
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Actually Uranus was discovered in 1781. Many if not all of the planets were taken from Greek mythology long after the down fall of their ancient civilization. And its pronounced YOOR-a-nus.
Maybe later.....
At 6/19/09 11:19 AM, Freetos wrote: Actually Uranus was discovered in 1781. Many if not all of the planets were taken from Greek mythology long after the down fall of their ancient civilization. And its pronounced YOOR-a-nus.
Even though discovered in 1781, it's current name wasn't employed until 1850. Before that, it was called 'Georgium Sidus', or 'Herschel'. Respectively after the English king and it's discoverer. In 1850, it was the name that Bode, a German, had earlier suggest that has been made official. And so, it's called Uranus. And even more, in ancient Greek (and most likely new Greek) It's pronounced Ouranos.
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I've heard some people pronounce it "Youranis", so we can do that.
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IT'S NOT PRONOUNCED 'UR-ANUS' YOU MOTHERFUCKER
It's pronounced 'Ur-An-Us'. Learn to speak.
Lies make baby Jesus cry, bitch.
It wasn't the name of a god. It was the name of a titan.
It was named Urbuttocks, but it was hard to pronounce.
We should name the next planet Urpenis.
Bringing back old shit.
At 6/19/09 11:16 AM, 1Tyla1 wrote: I thought they were named in Greek times?
BLASPHEMY
it's not pronounced that way...
it's more like yoor-anis
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Back in the 1700s, when the planet was discovered and named, photography was unknown and paintings were commissioned mainly by royalty and high nobility. So up until the 1990s, there was no way to know what the scientists who named Uranus looked like. But in the 1990s, artists began painting a picture of what the unknown scientists looked like based on descriptions by their scientific colleagues.
Gentlemen (and you few ladies as well), I believe I have a picture of the heads of the scientific team that discovered Uranus.
At 6/19/09 01:52 PM, Franklin-Moore wrote: I think lake Titicaca has a worse name.
Yeah, I think that just about beats Uranus...
At 6/19/09 11:16 AM, TheBoyOfAges wrote: Its called "Urectom" in the future so shut up!
You stole my joke!!!
Suck it.
At 6/19/09 11:16 AM, 1Tyla1 wrote: I thought they were named in Greek times?
Was Uranus the god of bodily fluids or something?
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