Every Christmas, I have to suffer through people calling it a poin-set-a. It is pronounced poin-set-ee-a. It grates my ears when people don't pronounce it right. Hello? There's an "I" in there! It doesn't magically become silent just because you're too damn lazy to pronounce it!
Merry Christmas!
2006-12-11 01:41:16 · 11 answers · asked by Neerdowellian 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
And to the very ignorant u_save and her smart-*** response:
1. The first definition in the dictionary is the more appropriate one, and
2. The dictionaries of the world often add additional pronunciations, usually after a word is mispronounced for so long that it becomes acceptable. Case in point: the word often. The "t" was always silent. But enough nimrods mispronounced it that it became acceptable. That doesn't make us intelligent folks wrong, it makes idiots like you lazy.
2006-12-11 05:28:21 · update #1
I'm with you. I'm angry today at people who insist on pronouncing "Pinochet" with a hard "t" at the end. Ones ability to correctly use the language is a tangible sign of their intelligence.
2006-12-11 01:44:07 · answer #1 · answered by texascrazyhorse 4 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Well, I m one of those you hate. I say it that way because that's the only thing i ve heard it called.
From this day forth I vow to pronounce it right.
But seriously I don't think this will be a life changing thing.
Have a Merry Christmas, yourself.
2006-12-11 09:51:42 · answer #2 · answered by ironica7 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
look up the word in the dictionary! BOTH pronunciations are correct. Ha! I love it when people think they're so more intelligent than everyone else, and then they get put in their place.
*Edit* so I'm an idiot now. My entire intelligence is determined by the fact that I pronounce a word according to one of its TWO ACCEPTED pronunciations? Whatever, if it makes you feel superior. The word is a fake latin word anyways, he just added ia to his name. So not everyone pronouces it like it would be in Latin, so what? It's not wrong and everyone understands what you are talking about! I highly doubt that out of all the words borrowed in the english language you pronounce them as in the original language.
2006-12-11 12:10:04 · answer #3 · answered by u_wish1984 3 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Maybe you're related to the man the plant is named after. Pretty cool history on the origins of how that name came about. Hey he'd be proud of your due diligence in making it right!
2006-12-11 09:49:39 · answer #4 · answered by gotham158 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just tell them to say Christmas flower...it's less irritating!
2006-12-11 09:50:55 · answer #5 · answered by th25tina 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I guess it's just a "Neerdowellian" thing.
2006-12-11 09:51:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, Merry Christmas to you, too!!
2006-12-11 09:45:25 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
Hmm yeah.
2006-12-11 09:49:11 · answer #8 · answered by upholstery_obsession 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
You should change your screen name to the grinch. get over it.
2006-12-11 09:43:21 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
Me thinks ye protest too much. O.C.D. seek help.
2006-12-11 09:43:33 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋