Both versions are not that great... So how do you say it?

I say Urine-us. That's it's proper pronunciation, according to the Latin.

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I thought you pronounced it as U-ran-us. I'm so confused.

if I have to say Uranus, I say "Urine is".... but usually I say "the planet after Saturn" and let them say it!

English is mixed with way to many words that belong to another language. Example:garage (French) and so many root words from latin. Why don't we just speak latin? Maybe it would be easier to pronounce things if we did.

Well, "Your anus" is the schoolboy's favourite, the usual alternative sounds like "urinous" which means smelling of urine (Probably not too far off with all that ammonia present). I say "you ran us" for least embarrassment.

"Urectum."

I vote we call it what it was orignally named by Herschell and it stood for over 40 years. [The French might be willing to accept it now.]

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I say it the old fashioned way. The way that sounds like "Your anus." If someone gets the giggles I ignore them. Same as I do when I say Betelguese.

There is a similar problem with the pronunciation of the term 'phagocyte'. I pronounce it 'FAY-go-cite', whereas I've heard it pronounced 'FAG-o-cite' before.

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In all my life I have yet to figure out HOW THE HECK you pronounce "GYRO"

None of the above--I pronounce it the way my grandfather taught me--

"you rain es".

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Gyro as in the greek food or gyro as in a gyro compass etc...?

offtopic:

Gyro as in food, probably, as it's waaaay off (Gyro as in mechanics is phonetic)...

As for food, I pronounce it "Hero"

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As far as Uranus, most people make a big deal out of it when I say it, maybe I have a funny face?

Urine is. It's a perfectly normal, natural Latin name that middle school monkeys have discredited.
I'm Greek and I say "Yeer-oh".
And never talk about the Faukland Islands in a class with such monkeys.

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3dknight, don't you know not to believe everything you see on the Internet? The assumed nationality of my human identity is none of your buisness.

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I know not to believe everything on the internet. I just wanted to catch you in the act. You seemed so dedicated to your character that I thought you would never reveal an opening.
Nobody asked you to tell your nationality you did that all on your own.

Yes the Greek food. And I wasn't being entirely serious...

oh well to keep the conversation going it is pronounced gear-ro

Remember the old Donald Duck Comics?

I called Gyro Gearloose - Gryo(gear-o) Gearloose. It made more sense at the time...

Sorry I guess I'm too young for the old Donald Duck cartoons.

Probably NES too- It had Gyro and Launchpad McQuack...

Actually, I pronounce it "oo-ran-ohs," myself, because that's how the friend who was taking Ancient Greek pronounced it.

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Well it can't be urine is because that's what we call our queen.

As for me..

Ur-anus, is what I pronounced it.

It depends only in a person , for whatever will be on his mind when he say the word.

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Your pronunciation is actually the closest to the original, the Greek Ouranos, the sky god for whom the planet was named. Uranus is a Latinized/Anglicized version of Ouranos.

Was Gyro GizmoDuck in the Darkwing Duck cartoon? Or am I way off?