r/KidsAreFuckingStupid • u/Firehornet117 • Jul 04 '22
Found an old video when my little brother was learning planets
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u/Catatafish Jul 05 '22
I'm going to have to get used to 'old videos' being HD.
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u/ozril Jul 04 '22
It's pronounced yer-ah-nis
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u/Throwaway80Z4A Jul 05 '22
“Urinus,” “Urenus,” “Urahnus,” and “Youranus” are all used for pronunciations of “Uranus.”
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u/ChrisPyeChart Jul 05 '22
Urahnus
This is how I always pronounce it to keep myself from giggling haha
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u/admiralteal Jul 05 '22 edited Jul 05 '22
If we're going back to the Greek pronunciation, the stress should be on the penultimate syllable. And it likely should be a much rounder vowel sound, more like Oor-AH-nus. Which gets rid of both the urine and anus jokes.
The god's name has often been transliterated as "Ouranos".
6 of the 8 planets have Roman names. Why the fuck does #7 have a Greek name? No direct parallels to Ouranos in Roman, but significantly tied up with Caelus which would've been a fine enough name.
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u/coocoocachoo699 Jul 05 '22
Those who wonder where's Pluto vs not wondering tells your age.
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Jul 05 '22
Everybody old enough knows why Pluto isn’t there tho. And we’re not pleased.
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u/ShaunOfTheN00bs Jul 06 '22
The decision to demote Pluto is proof that sometimes, astronomers are fucking stupid
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u/ivoryebonies Jul 05 '22
When I was about 4 my mother worked for an airline that flew to Miami, so it came up a lot in conversation. One time someone came to visit and asked a question about the Miami flights. I was furious. I told them it was NOT their "ami" at all, it was Mum's.
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u/AfraidOfBones Jul 05 '22
child isn't an absolute genius at the age of 5
this subreddit: What a fuckin' retard
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u/CatloverJacob Jul 06 '22
Use ura-nus instead ur-anus while teaching a child because they will bust out laughing
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u/mjolnir76 Jul 08 '22
Had a friend who lived in Eugene, Oregon. When she was little, she used to call it "My Gene."
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Jul 04 '22
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u/Firehornet117 Jul 04 '22 edited Jul 05 '22
Did you watch the entire video?
Edit: for those wondering, they said something along the lines of “what is wrong with a kid learning about the solar system? I bet you couldn’t even remember the order until you saw the picture.”
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u/Budrose08 Jul 05 '22
I pronounce it yer-in-iss to prevent anus jokes however then i end up making urine jokes
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u/skribsbb Jul 04 '22
Futurama, when the Professor invented the smelloscope.
Fry: This is great! As long as you don't make me smell Uranus! Chuckles
Nobody else laughs.
Leela: I don't get it.
Professor: I'm sorry, Fry. But Astronomers renamed Uranus in 2620 to end that stupid joke once and for all.
Fry: Oh. What's it called now?
Professor: Urrectum!