On Wed, 09 Feb 2005 22:41:03 -0800, Mark Lipton > said:

] Ken Blake wrote:
[]
] > You do hear it that way a lot, and for that reason. But that
] > doesn't make it correct. I still prefer the traditional way,
] > snickers notwithstanding.
] >
]
] Actually, Ken, if you trace the pronunciation of the name, you find that
] it was "URINE-us" until the early 20th Century when schoolteachers and
] parents decided that it was too titillating to youngsters and pressed a
] change to "your-ANUS," only to see exactly the same reasoning used to
] undo that change at the end of the 20th Century. The pendulum swings
] once more...

Hmm, it'll be prohibition next. Forcing us kicking and screaming back on
topic.

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