Am I the only one who has always ...

[Art Vandelay]

Am I the only one who has always pronounced the famous red plant we see at Christmas time as "Poin Set Uh"? Everytime I watch the bowl that Cal and whoever they are playing this year is in, it drives me crazy to hear the constant "Poin Setty uh" references. I realize this is the correct way based upon the spelling, but I had never heard it pronounced that way until the bowl changed its name a few years ago. Is this just another byproduct of my backwoods elementary education?

[Hot Lunch]

Am I the only one who has always pronounced the famous red plant we see at Christmas time as "Poin Set Uh"? Everytime I watch the bowl that Cal and whoever they are playing this year is in, it drives me crazy to hear the constant "Poin Setty uh" references. I realize this is the correct way based upon the spelling, but I had never heard it pronounced that way until the bowl changed its name a few years ago. Is this just another byproduct of my backwoods elementary education?

I am with you on the pronunciation. I have always said it the way you do and it bugs me when I hear it said the other way.

[Blueintheface]

Brian hates it too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EX7rE...atch-main-area

[venkman]

I'm a poin-set-uh guy too.

[beefytee]

I had never heard it pronounced that way until the bowl changed its name a few years ago.

I'm in the same boat. Didn't realize there was another pronunciation until the bowl game

[Clark Addison]

Poin - Sesh - ya

[Art Vandelay]

Poin - Sesh - ya

Really? That is how I would imagine a native Mandarin or Japanese speaker to pronounce it. I have never heard it said that way before either.

[creekster]

thi slink has more than you want to know

http://cemadera.ucdavis.edu/newslett...ticles5381.pdf

[dabrockster]

Am I the only one who has always pronounced the famous red plant we see at Christmas time as "Poin Set Uh"? Everytime I watch the bowl that Cal and whoever they are playing this year is in, it drives me crazy to hear the constant "Poin Setty uh" references. I realize this is the correct way based upon the spelling, but I had never heard it pronounced that way until the bowl changed its name a few years ago. Is this just another byproduct of my backwoods elementary education?

I pronounce it like you...

[pellegrino]

Looks like there are two acceptable pronunciations. Your preferred pronunciation is the second of the two. You can click on the link to hear both of them.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poinsettia