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* Among the general public in the United States, it was always pronounced "your-anus" until 1986, when NASA's Voyager 2 interplanetary probe encountered Uranus. At that point, with the planet being mentioned so often in the news, the newscasters on TV all began pronouncing it as "ur-in-nes".
** This is also preferred among astronomers, as Dr. Pamela Gay, an astronomer at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, noted on her podcast, to avoid "being made fun of by any small schoolchildren ... when in doubt, don't emphasize anything and just say ūr′·ə·nəs. And then run, quickly."
* When GateHouse Media shut down Pulaski County’s "Daily Guide", the operator of
* [[Lauren Faust]] has a toy-line called ''[[Milky Way and The Galaxy Girls]]'' featuring dolls named after planets and other celestial objects. From Uranus's profile on the [https://web.archive.org/web/20131011202929/http://milkywayandthegalaxygirls.com/the-girlaxy official website] comes this gem.
{{quote|"Uranus is very particular about the way you pronounce her name. She would like you to know that the proper, scientific pronunciation of her name is: YOOR-en-us. No other pronunciation is acceptable."}}
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