| Classic8 |
| (sage) |
| 04/03/08 04:41 PM |
Re: Funny Public Outreach Questions
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Well At least you dont work with a bunch of auto techs like I do who think it is hillarious to say that im always looking at Uranus.
Hey, thats nothing, at least you're not a science teacher who has to put up questions such as:
"Hey Mr. Culp, how big is Uranus?"
"Hey Mr. Culp, I heard Uranus is blue, is that true?"
"Hey Mr. Culp, is Uranus full of gas?"
I hate that planet.
I pronounce it Er-in-us now. Why? When I was in college I had a classical mythology class and the professor was talking about the god that the planet was named after. She pronounced it that way, and I figured, well, she would know how to pronounce it.
And it sounds a heck of a lot better than Yer-ayn-us. Or the other pronunciation Yer-in-us, which isn't much better.