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Poinsettia (Original Post) El Supremo Dec 2012 OP
C=2(pi)r Ptah Dec 2012 #1
Poin-set-tea-ah OffWithTheirHeads Dec 2012 #2
OK, I put in another syllable. n/m El Supremo Dec 2012 #3
Are you asking for the common pronunciation or the correct one? ManiacJoe Dec 2012 #4
It's named after a guy named Poinsett. He may have had little idea how to pronounce dimbear Dec 2012 #5
Mix of a Pointer and an Irish Setter undeterred Dec 2012 #6

dimbear

(6,271 posts)
5. It's named after a guy named Poinsett. He may have had little idea how to pronounce
Thu Dec 20, 2012, 09:19 PM
Dec 2012

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.

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