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Roy -- the dull one on Nostr: npub1uw8g8…y88kr There doesn't seem to be a way to pronounce it that doesn't get a ...


There doesn't seem to be a way to pronounce it that doesn't get a laugh, does there?

I once pronounced it with the accent on the second syllable, and the astronomer I was talking with actually shuddered.

I guess we could all pretend to be urbane and civilized and say ooh-rah-noos, as the ancients did, but what would be the fun of that?