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Originally Posted By: twosleepyOriginally Posted By: FaldageFunny. I would have pronounced it "earl".
But what did the engineer say?
@Luke - Thanks for a little "defense" there! Precisely. Uranus (not mine), urinary, uranium, urinal.... Yes, there are examples of the "er" sounding of -ur, but then "earl" is a word, so it would be a bit confusing, imo, which is why I chose "yurl" when it came up in a conversation for the first time.
Makes sense to me. For the same reason I chose YURL
as I really enjoy astronomy and the planet's name
just appeared.
----please, draw me a sheep----
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