Date:  Mon, 10 Apr 1995 08:42:38 MST

From:  Jim Venis <jimv%ccmailgw[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]IHS.COM>

Subject: Re: Uranus



   How about the hybrid, u-RAN-us? --Jim





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Subject: Uranus

Author: American Dialect Society <ADS-L[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]uga.cc.uga.edu> at Internet

Date:  4/8/95 2:03 pm





You just can't win with 'Uranus'. If you stress the first syllable, it

sounds like an adjective describing a certain yellow liquid. But it is,

nonetheless, preferable. Did you raise this problem in your MALEDICTA

article, Dennis?



Bob Wachal