this post was submitted on 25 Jul 2025
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Wikipedia quotes BBC as saying /ˈjʊərənəs/ is closer to the Greek and preferred by astronomers, and /jʊˈreɪnəs/ is accepted by OED.
Unless this is just a butt joke, I didn't watch the video, that's cool too.
ooo-ra-noos
“Yuran us” is how I was taught in school back in the day.
I always pronounce it similar to the way that it is in my language :3 oo-rah-noos
~who's~ ~anus?~