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Just curious, was the word pronounced the same way as today when they picked the planet's name? Or was it picked by non-English speaking people?
by hrasyid 9y ago
Just curious, was the word pronounced the same way as today when they picked the planet's name? Or was it picked by non-English speaking people?
- dzink 9y agoIt sounds bad only in English and partly because of the foreign spelling. In Bulgarian it the name spells and reads “Uran”.
- JumpCrisscross 9y ago> In Bulgarian it the name spells and reads “Uran” Uranus was discovered by British-Hanoverian William Herschel [1] and named after the Greek god of the sky, Οὐρανός [2], which anglifies to Ouranos. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Herschel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Herschel [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranus_(mythology) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranus_(mythology)
- dzink 9y agoThe comical pronunciation is only comical when Our-/Ur- as a prefix resembles a relevant word in your language. The second part of the joke comes from the greek spelling/pronunciation which is also not used by all countries/languages referring to the same planet.
- Sharlin 9y agoIt's still spelled "Uh-RAH-nus". Nothing has changed.
- sosuke 9y agoGreat video on the subject https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3ppbbYXMxE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3ppbbYXMxE