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#Are the pronunciations in italics and brackets to the right of each word the correct pronunciations, or the mis-pronunciations?  This isn't clear from the text.  Ideally, the article would state first the `correct' pronunciation, followed by a list of mis-pronunciations with indications as to their likely regions (because a lot of the words in the list seem, to me, to be mispronounced only in certain parts of the world, rather than by all Anglophones.  In fact, at the risk o(contracted; show full)

::::::Can you tell me what your criteria for distinguishing that which is trivial and encyclopedic and that which is trivial and unencyclopedic? Irrespective of this issue, I'm curious how you distinguish the two. [[User:Nohat|Nohat]] 03:54, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC)


:::::::I have a feeling this is a loaded question and you're getting ready to pounce on me for my answer, but I'll indulge. I think of trivial as something small or dull, but that doesn't necessarily mean it isn't encyclopedic. Triviality is relative to the reader, so whereas some obscure topics may seem trivial to some (maybe even this article) they are nonetheless encyclopedic. That's why I said I didn't care whether anyone thought this article was trivial or not, that wasn't why I tagged it. So, do you think I can put the tag back up with that stipulation (mentioned above)?--[[User:Dmcdevit|Dmcdevit]] 05:07, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC)⏎
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== Uranus ==

By what standard is "urinous" a "nonexistant adjective"? It occurs in several dictionaries (cf. www.dictionary.com). It is, however, less familiar than the words "your" and "anus", so I find the second part of the following entry hard to believe without a compelling cite to back it up.

"Most dictionaries list both (1) and (2). (1) is historically the older pronunciation and reflects the first-syllable stress of the original Latin word. It is the only pronunciation given by K&K, and the first pronunciation given by LPD. (2) began as a form of taboo avoidance because (1) sounds like the nonexistant adjective "urinous", but the euphemism was hardly successful as (2) can be homophonous with your anus."