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We must have had this poll before.
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poin-set-E-a | |
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point-set-a | |
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El Supremo
Dec 2012
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Ptah
(33,044 posts)1. C=2(pi)r
OffWithTheirHeads
(10,337 posts)2. Poin-set-tea-ah
El Supremo
(20,365 posts)3. OK, I put in another syllable. n/m
ManiacJoe
(10,136 posts)4. Are you asking for the common pronunciation or the correct one?
Those are two different questions.
dimbear
(6,271 posts)5. It's named after a guy named Poinsett. He may have had little idea how to pronounce
his own name, but it looks pretty French so the first syllable would be pwan.
(Might be Belgian, same same pronunciation.)
In light of that, it's not too critical how we butcher his flower.
undeterred
(34,658 posts)6. Mix of a Pointer and an Irish Setter