{"id":51744,"date":"2015-07-15T00:58:22","date_gmt":"2015-07-15T00:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/07\/15\/how-do-you-pronounce-the-name-of-plutos-moon-charon.html"},"modified":"2015-07-15T00:58:22","modified_gmt":"2015-07-15T00:58:22","slug":"how-do-you-pronounce-the-name-of-plutos-moon-charon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/07\/15\/how-do-you-pronounce-the-name-of-plutos-moon-charon.html","title":{"rendered":"How do you pronounce the name of Pluto&#039;s moon, Charon?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, Bele and Lokai pronounced it &quot;Sha-RON,&quot; so that&#39;s good enough for me.<\/p>\n<p>No, but seriously &#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"sm2wp\"><p>\n<a style='display:inline;' href='http:\/\/www.wired.com\/2015\/07\/really-heres-pronounce-charon-probably\/?mbid=social_gplus'><br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/MoM4U15CLe-67OJQqMelspOVyk729zrSuCmzLrwRjE7MtdTL-o6jHEWYCYwEpeUPKhp3ocagmHrFIxeH8TC6nXVVdIn8eHULoIaFK67DXJ1s9CEahovXYvtzS8OhiFVrR2juDq6uJHCiNJAAlg-Zc3P9EQ=w506-h303' border='0' style='max-width:650px;'\/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<span style='font-size:large;'><a href='http:\/\/www.wired.com\/2015\/07\/really-heres-pronounce-charon-probably\/?mbid=social_gplus'>Really, Here&rsquo;s How You Pronounce &ldquo;Charon&rdquo;&mdash;Probably<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/X6hBk8GK7kk'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, Bele and Lokai pronounced it &quot;Sha-RON,&quot; so that&#39;s good enough for me. 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