According to the Oxford dictionary to which you referred, the firstly preferred pronunciation, "ˈjʊərənəs" clearly has:
-The stress on the first syllable, not the second.
-The second syllable vowel sound is clearly an "ə" sound which is very clearly defined as:
ə ago
The first is what I indicated was the correct pronunciation.
The Oxford pronunciations are "Received Pronunciations" and simply list the pronunciations as they are heard in the south of England. The second pronunciation only tells us that some people pronounce it that way. The scientific community does not use the second and clearly states that the first pronunciation is the correct one.
It's the second pronunciation, yours, that is the later one, which is just given to indicate how one would hear some people, like yourself, pronounce it.
An analogous word is zoology. Oxford's primary pronunciation is zoe-ol-ah-gee, as is the scientific community's, but Oxford also lists zoo-ol-ah-gee, which is considered incorrect by scientists, and a sign of ignorance. Oxford only cares that many people use it.
BTW "yourin" indicates two syllables. How on Earth could I possibly say "yourin" with out pronouncing two syllables? And it certainly is not u-rhine. You're spelling a long i sound--positively incorrect.
Go ahead and say you-RAY-nus and ZOO-ology all you want, but, be forewarned; Don't expect to advance in stature in the scientific community, or to have you opinions valued very much by that community.
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