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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Emery Davis > typed:

> 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.



LOL! OK, I'll stop.


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