# When will NASA build something that will probe Uranus?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 11, 2003, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-nasa-build-something-that-will-probe-uranus/168013 "2003-04-11T12:42:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-nasa-build-something-that-will-probe-uranus/168013/21 "2003-04-12T05:31:34Z")

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> \*Originally posted by NurseCarmen \*  
> **Podkayne, I agree with you whole-heartidly.**

Dontcha mean _hole_-heartedly? Hehe. 😃

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**Author:** ![NutWrench](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nutwrench/32/20193_2.png) [@NutWrench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NutWrench)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-nasa-build-something-that-will-probe-uranus/168013/22 "2003-04-12T06:10:46Z")

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I think we should do a deep and thorough probe of Uranus.

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**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-nasa-build-something-that-will-probe-uranus/168013/23 "2003-04-12T07:48:28Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Philster \*  
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Hahaha! Here’s a site/cite on the pronunciation:

[http://www.purpleorb.com/uranus\_complaints.html](http://www.purpleorb.com/uranus_complaints.html)

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**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-nasa-build-something-that-will-probe-uranus/168013/24 "2003-04-12T10:18:34Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Violet \*  
> \*\*Hahaha! Here’s a site/cite on the pronunciation:
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> [http://www.purpleorb.com/uranus\_complaints.html](http://www.purpleorb.com/uranus_complaints.html) \*\*

**Violet** - from the home page of that site:

Uranus (pronounced yer-ANUS, not YERA-nus)

Let the sophmoric snickering continue. 😃

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**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-nasa-build-something-that-will-probe-uranus/168013/25 "2003-04-12T12:16:51Z")

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In _Laugh-In_ Magazine, which flourished when the TV show did, there was this line on a page of jumbled text:  
Down Zeus! Up Uranus!  
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!😃

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