[hrasyid]

Just curious, was the word pronounced the same way as today when they picked the planet's name? Or was it picked by non-English speaking people?

[dzink]

It sounds bad only in English and partly because of the foreign spelling. In Bulgarian it the name spells and reads “Uran”.

[JumpCrisscross]

> In Bulgarian it the name spells and reads “Uran”

Uranus was discovered by British-Hanoverian William Herschel [1] and named after the Greek god of the sky, Οὐρανός [2], which anglifies to Ouranos.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Herschel

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranus_(mythology)

[dzink]

The comical pronunciation is only comical when Our-/Ur- as a prefix resembles a relevant word in your language. The second part of the joke comes from the greek spelling/pronunciation which is also not used by all countries/languages referring to the same planet.

[sosuke]

Great video on the subject https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3ppbbYXMxE

[Sharlin]

It's still spelled "Uh-RAH-nus". Nothing has changed.