MOTM

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Reminds me of one of my phasers. Wanted to name it "Uranus" (which is
completely innocent in German), but my American friends convinced me that
"Neptune" was a better choice.



Yeah, that's a planet that perennially gets giggles in grade school classes.
Any English-speaking space comedy film seems required to point out the
ostensible humor in that name as well.

> Yeah, that's a planet that perennially gets giggles in grade school classes.
> Any English-speaking space comedy film seems required to point out the
> ostensible humor in that name as well.

I had a Classics professor in college who said that this particular Greek
deity's name could be more accurately pronounced "UR-an-os" rather than
"yer-AYN-us", thus potentially saving the composure of thousands of
grade-school children every year.

--Adam