{"id":37978,"date":"2017-12-15T14:32:50","date_gmt":"2017-12-15T14:32:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/asteroid-oumuamua-pronunciation-what-it-means-and-alien-spaceship-theories-explained\/"},"modified":"2017-12-15T14:32:50","modified_gmt":"2017-12-15T14:32:50","slug":"asteroid-oumuamua-pronunciation-what-it-means-and-alien-spaceship-theories-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/asteroid-oumuamua-pronunciation-what-it-means-and-alien-spaceship-theories-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"Asteroid \u2018Oumuamua pronunciation, what it means and alien spaceship theories explained"},"content":{"rendered":"

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How on Earth do you say \u2018Oumuamua? Credit: PA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The world became very excited this week when it was claimed that an asteroid called \u2018Oumuamua could actually be an alien spaceship.<\/p>\n

But elation quickly turned to confusion when much of humankind realised they couldn\u2019t pronounce the name of the damned thing.<\/p>\n

And if you thought that was bad, journalists around the world were baffled by the fact its name was incredibly difficult to spell \u2013 even before you factor in the apostrophe before the first letter \u2018O\u2019.<\/p>\n

The cigar-shaped was the first asteroid to enter our solar system from interstellar space and was immediately scanned to see if was producing radio waves.<\/p>\n

Sadly, early data suggests it\u2019s not a probe sent by some mysterious alien civilisation, <\/a>even though it\u2019s behaving a bit like a spaceship with broken engines.<\/a><\/p>\n

So here\u2019s your guide to this mysterious object\u2019s even more mysterious name.<\/p>\n

How do I pronounce \u2018Oumuamua?<\/h2>\n

Imagine you\u2019re creatively describing a cow, which you might call a \u2018mooer\u2019.<\/p>\n

Then imagine you\u2019re writing a piece of poetry about this beautiful bovine.<\/p>\n

And there you have it: \u2018Oh mooer mooer.\u2019<\/p>\n

What does the name \u2018Oumuamua mean?<\/h2>\n