Uranus

I was  just watching a documentary about  the 7th planet, and they  were being very circumspect  in  their pronounciation, with a short and de-emphasized second syllable, instead of speaking it’s true name loud and proud back  when we were  young.  Very British.  Uranus.  It sounds like urinous.

Meteor Striking Uranus

I couldn’t help but hearing the old, traditional pronunciation  in my head, as they  spoke about a giant meteor  plunging into Uranus, and  how Uranus was on it’s side, and there was actually one guy  twirling his finger and saying “Imagine Uranus is there.”  They said urinous.  I heard your  anus.

Uranus,  Uranus, Uranus, Uranus, let’s call the whole thing off.

Its an oldie but a goodie.  If  they…who are they?  NASA, I guess.  Scientists and stuff.  Jimmie Fallon’s audience.   Doesn’t matter….if they can declare Pluto to be a non-planet, they can just arbitrarily  rename this  thing, call  it Planet 7, or Big Blue, or Tatooine, or Fred, or Marilyn, put it  up to a public poll.  Why not?  Is there a local populace that’s going to be offended.

My guess is that most people would vote to keep it the way it is.  Even  when actors and scientists speaking from a script pronounce it incorrectly deliberately, it’s still funny.

Some perverts, of course, would vote to change it to Planet Fuckface, or Planet Dipshit, or  worse.

Could be fun.