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#4513412 - 03/29/20 10:44 PM Poor choice of words for a headline: "Uranus leaking its gas into solar system"  
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#4513415 - 03/29/20 11:01 PM Re: Poor choice of words for a headline: "Uranus leaking its gas into solar system" [Re: NoFlyBoy]  
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#4513453 - 03/30/20 06:28 AM Re: Poor choice of words for a headline: "Uranus leaking its gas into solar system" [Re: NoFlyBoy]  
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To end these stupid jokes the International Astronomers' Society shouldn't wait until 2620 to rename this planet to Urectum.

#4513457 - 03/30/20 08:13 AM Re: Poor choice of words for a headline: "Uranus leaking its gas into solar system" [Re: NoFlyBoy]  
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I remember some years ago, newsreaders' creative attempts at different ways of pronouncing the word whilst attempting to stifle giggles when a probe was sent there.



#4513462 - 03/30/20 10:29 AM Re: Poor choice of words for a headline: "Uranus leaking its gas into solar system" [Re: NoFlyBoy]  
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Seems to me like that headline was deliberately made that way in order to garner attention.


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#4513471 - 03/30/20 10:42 AM Re: Poor choice of words for a headline: "Uranus leaking its gas into solar system" [Re: NoFlyBoy]  
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