Uranus might be full of surprises

[Jusenkyo no Pikachu]

Since we’re still on Page One here, can I make a reference to a book called Zombie Bums From Uranus, where this joke is made constantly?

[Don Enrico]

Originally Posted by Jusenkyo no Pikachu

Since we’re still on Page One here, ...

You jinxed it.

[Alarm]

Originally Posted by Don Enrico

You jinxed it.

Too busy looking at Uranus to notice the page had turned...

[Jusenkyo no Pikachu]

Originally Posted by Alarm

Too busy looking at Uranus to notice the page had turned...

I actually was talking about the first page of the forum.

[DawnStorm]

Turns out Uranus smells likes rotten eggs.

https://wtop.com/science/2018/04/ura...e-rotten-eggs/

Dawn--I'm trying very hard to act my age and not my shoe size!--Storm

Sorry!

[Alarm]

Originally Posted by DawnStorm

Turns out Uranus smells likes rotten eggs.

https://wtop.com/science/2018/04/ura...e-rotten-eggs/

Dawn--I'm trying very hard to act my age and not my shoe size!--Storm

Sorry!

neener-neener-neener!

Uranus smells like farts!

[DawnStorm]

I think everybody's does.

Why was this name chosen for a planet? Hells bells, there are plenty of other classic names out there its discoverer could have used!

[GenYus234]

Because it was the name of a Greek god and that's how planets were named.

Interestingly, if true*, the name originates from a word for rain that is the origin of the word urination.

* From Wikipeadia

[Seaboe Muffinchucker]

Well, for one thing, it wasn't chosen by someone who speaks English. I suspect it's less funny in other languages.

Seaboe

[Stan The Man]

Originally Posted by GenYus234

Because it was the name of a Greek god and that's how planets were named.

Though only Uranus is named after a Greek god. All the others (except Earth) are named after Roman gods.

[Psihala]

Originally Posted by GenYus234

Because it was the name of a Greek god and that's how planets were named.

Interestingly, if true*, the name originates from a word for rain that is the origin of the word urination.

I listened to a science-based podcast years ago where the topic of Uranus came up in the discussion, and its probably a sad thing that the only comment I can remember from it was someone making the observation that, and I'm paraphrasing, "There's no good way to pronounce the name, because somebody will always make a mental connection to peeing or pooping... and then nothing you say about it afterwards makes any difference."

~Psihala
(*Case in point...)

[ChasFink]

What about pronouncing it "you're IN us"?

Oh. Never mind.

[mbravo]

Originally Posted by Psihala

I listened to a science-based podcast years ago where the topic of Uranus came up in the discussion, and its probably a sad thing that the only comment I can remember from it was someone making the observation that, and I'm paraphrasing, "There's no good way to pronounce the name, because somebody will always make a mental connection to peeing or pooping... and then nothing you say about it afterwards makes any difference."

~Psihala
(*Case in point...)

Just make both U's long! Ooranoos

[DawnStorm]

Originally Posted by ChasFink

What about pronouncing it "you're IN us"?

Oh. Never mind.

I do, but Psihala is right. I always feel like I'm back in grade school whenever I refer to the Seventh Planet.

[Alarm]

Originally Posted by mbravo

Just make both U's long! Ooranoos

It should be properly rendered Ouranos

Ancient Greek Οὐρανός, Ouranos [uranós] meaning "sky" or "heaven") was the primal Greek god personifying the sky

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranus_(mythology)

It's the anglification of foreign names that causes this issue. You can find a reverse of the phenomenon in Putin's name being Poutine, in French, despite his not being covered in cheese and gravy.

[GenYus234]

Wouldn't that be gaulification?

[Darth Credence]

Rename to Caelus, the Roman god that fills the same role. Why they went with the Greek Uranus, rather than the Roman like every other planet is beyond me. Maybe Johann Elert Bode, the guy who named it, knew it would be a joke and wanted it that way. He was German, but he may have spoken English.

[mbravo]

Ouranos has the added benefit of somehow looking cooler, if that is a quality that can be assigned to a word

[Alarm]

Originally Posted by GenYus234

Wouldn't that be gaulification?

Not really, because the issue is when the sound "ou" in French and other latin languages gets rendered in English. IT gets rendered as "U" but the letter u has more than just the "oo" sound leading to what we've got here (which is the way he likes it sorry, couldn't help it).

[DawnStorm]

Originally Posted by Darth Credence

Rename to Caelus, the Roman god that fills the same role. .

Would that be pronounced "ce-alus"?

If so, that would really straighten things up!