Is Pluto a really a Dwarf? What would Grumpy say?

Frogberto · 08-24-2006, 04:22 PM

I knew about the mnemonic (actually, I think there's more than one), but it's a shame instead of inviting discussion about how science works, how we explore new things about our universe all the time, or even how science changes, the focus has been on "okay kids, memorize a new list". That doesn't help kids at all.

tracilicious · 08-24-2006, 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Frogberto

I knew about the mnemonic (actually, I think there's more than one), but it's a shame instead of inviting discussion about how science works, how we explore new things about our universe all the time, or even how science changes, the focus has been on "okay kids, memorize a new list". That doesn't help kids at all.

Too true. It's a shame that in our educational system little to no value is placed on the actual process of learning. It's all about what facts they can spout off. Or more importantly, when they learn it and whether or not they can answer the question correctly on a standardized test. But I digress...

On kids shows they haven't included Pluto for a while. Science is so far behind Little Einsteins. On a side note, when we were kids we said, "your-anus." Nowadays it's "Yura-ness." Much less fun, I think.

Alex · 08-24-2006, 06:10 PM

I think it is safe to say that kids these days still say your anus. And the standard American pronunciation has been your-uh-nus so that hasn't really changed in decades.

In England, however, the historically standard pronunciation has changed in recent decades. However, the historically standard pronuncation there was closer to urine us which still had centuries of school kids in stitches, I'm sure.

After listening to a day of stupidity on the topic (I'll make sure not to watch the Colber Report tonight since I don't need to go through that again, it was barely funny last week) I just wish the IAU would leave it be since they are trying to create a scientific definition for a socially created word.

Frogberto · 08-24-2006, 06:25 PM

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On a side note, when we were kids we said, "your-anus." Nowadays it's "Yura-ness." Much less fun, I think.

You pretty much have to pronounce it "urine-us", or "your anus", so the choices aren't varied there.

Considering that that particular planet was originally named George, its come a long way, baby.

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Frogberto Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 63	I knew about the mnemonic (actually, I think there's more than one), but it's a shame instead of inviting discussion about how science works, how we explore new things about our universe all the time, or even how science changes, the focus has been on "okay kids, memorize a new list". That doesn't help kids at all.
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Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	I think it is safe to say that kids these days still say your anus. And the standard American pronunciation has been your-uh-nus so that hasn't really changed in decades. In England, however, the historically standard pronunciation has changed in recent decades. However, the historically standard pronuncation there was closer to urine us which still had centuries of school kids in stitches, I'm sure. After listening to a day of stupidity on the topic (I'll make sure not to watch the Colber Report tonight since I don't need to go through that again, it was barely funny last week) I just wish the IAU would leave it be since they are trying to create a scientific definition for a socially created word.
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