spured on by joekuhl79's question about Uranus
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/?qid=20060608103104AA2bvl6
It made me wonder.... Which word came first? How was this planet named? Does anyone know... I mean - why would anyone name a planet this - if the word anus was already being used for the body part.
LOL - I wonder if it was a joke that stuck! They didn't know what to call the next planet so they just said - Oh it's Your Anus... So they said - Hey that's it! Uranus will be the name!
What do you think? Do you know how it was named?
2006-06-08 07:27:21 · 13 answers · asked by pink chick 5 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
THank for many of the answers. I really didn't know any thing about the origin of the name. You learn something new everyday. And... I did do a search... I guess I am guilty of not looking far enough into it. I looked for anything about the word anus and uranus and didn't come up with anything that seemed to be what I was asking.... Oh well That's life. I guess we can chaulk this up to another REPEAT question. So what.... Not the end of the world.
Thanks guys for the info. It was enlightening so far. :)
2006-06-08 08:14:58 · update #1
Oh - I don't mind losing points for this... remember If I really want them I can get a pencil and make 100's of thousands of them all over my office... LOL
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2006-06-08 08:25:54 · update #2
The planet Uranus wasn't named until about 1850 (it's not visible without a good telescope, so it was only discovered relatively recently), so the word "anus" came first.
It was named Uranus to be consistent with other planet names, which were all named for Roman gods (although Uranus is a Greek god). Uranus was a roman god... and that use of the name long predated the word "Anus".
'Anus' in the way we use it now was introduced in the 1400's or 1600's (depending on the dictionary) from the latin word for ring. So although both came into use recently, the word anus as we use it is older than the planet name Uranus but not the god name Uranus.
Hope that answers your question.
EDIT: An interesting note regarding pronunciation. After looking into it, the older pronunciation is indeed URanus, but urANus became popular because it didn't sound like "urine". But now the trend is going the other way because of the anus joke. Both are listed in most dictionaries. Here's a link regarding pronunciation: http://www.answers.com/topic/list-of-words-of-disputed-pronunciation
2006-06-08 07:30:29 · answer #1 · answered by Mantis 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Anus Of Uranus
2016-12-18 09:47:27 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
lol...im going to guess that uranus came first because planets were named by people a long long long time ago, before there was an english language (ok, maybe not that long ago) but im guessing the english language came up with the word anus later, because the planets have always been there and the names are the same wherever you go, the word for anus may change from language to language
2006-06-08 07:31:19 · answer #3 · answered by kimberbee 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Uranus and Anus do not sound the same if Uranus is pronounced properly. It has it's strongest stress on the first syllable. Both are from Latin, so probably are fairly close in age.
2006-06-08 07:31:17 · answer #4 · answered by bequalming 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, Uranus was a Greek God. Since the Greeks didn't have the word anus in their vocabulary it would not have sounded wired to them. (All the planets, except earth are named after Greek and Roman gods)
2016-03-15 01:57:12 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, there was a group of astronomers talking over dinner about what to name this new, blue planet. At the next table was a very attractive group of women, They were talking about, well, 'back door' action. The two conversations blended together, and when one astronomer asked "We need to decide: What WILL we name this planet?" one of the women at that presice moment said (In answer to her friends question of - well I can't really say here) "Your anus!"
Thus, the astronomers realized that "These women are right! Uranos was a Roman God...we should name it Youranus, err...Uranus!"
True story...I was there.
2006-06-08 10:19:19 · answer #6 · answered by a kinder, gentler me 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It has nothing to do with each other. Uranus is a greek word for sky (Uranos was the greek god of the sky) and anus is a latin word, nothing to do with the other one. Uranos is older, actually.
2006-06-08 07:30:07 · answer #7 · answered by cpinatsi 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Uranus
because he/her would not see hisanus until another one was in front of him/her
then when it was in front of him/her that's when they pointed and said hey look at Uranus....
so Uranus was first...............
smile
Good Luck
have a great day
2006-06-08 11:41:34 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You know, the other day we were sitting around the campfire pondering such things as this as the boys decided to light flatulence on fire proclaiming they have seen yer a nus. No one knew how it came about but they quickly deviated to much larger concerns such as what is the speed of sex. Unanimously decided to be 69 because after that you either blow a rod or have to stop and eat. What that has to do with Uranus, I don't know, but there you have it. :)
2006-06-08 13:25:13 · answer #9 · answered by Airplanegirl 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is named after Uranus, the Greek god of the sky, and it's pronounced "YOO-ran-us," not "Your Anus." Unfortunately, the discoverers in the 18th century did not anticipate ignorant sniggering from people too lazy or thoughtless to learn the correct pronunciation.
2006-06-08 07:32:00 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋