r/BeAmazed • u/chinese_spongebob1 • 10h ago

Miscellaneous / Others Uranus Is Beautiful

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u/Jesus_of_NASDAQ 10h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/LlE3uMF20U7Ys

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u/B35TR3GARD5 10h ago edited 9h ago

and it's pronouced, "Urinus, not Uranus." .../s

Which now that I spell it out and look at it; isn't much better.. however, Niel DeGrass Tyson says we've all been pronouncing it wrong, but maybe we just don't wanna be right (this one time)?

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u/Estoye 9h ago

That line of dialogue in “E.T.” ruined it forever.

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u/GalacticMountains 9h ago

Link?

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u/Estoye 9h ago

https://youtu.be/ycKlZKYk0sA?is=UXjirviTp1REh5b_

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u/GalacticMountains 9h ago

Thanks bro. Haven't seen that movie in a very long time.