▲ 797 ▼ Uranus is so big!! (telegra.ph) submitted 2 years ago by sag@lemm.ee to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world 52 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Mr_Fish@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (2 children) I honestly don't know which name is better: Uranus or George. Yes, the guy who discovered the planet wanted to name it after King George, but everyone said that was too political, so it was called Uranus. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) Seeing how Uranus is a Greek in origin named after one of their mythological figures, the proper Greek pronounciation would be more like "Ooranos" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Micromot@feddit.de 5 points 2 years ago That seems pretty similar to the german prnunciation permalink fedilink source parent [–] kzhe@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago It would probably have been Georgia or some derivative of George. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) Seeing how Uranus is a Greek in origin named after one of their mythological figures, the proper Greek pronounciation would be more like "Ooranos" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Micromot@feddit.de 5 points 2 years ago That seems pretty similar to the german prnunciation permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Micromot@feddit.de 5 points 2 years ago That seems pretty similar to the german prnunciation permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kzhe@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago It would probably have been Georgia or some derivative of George. permalink fedilink source parent
