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Originally posted by NotFromHere
What about poinsettia?
4 syllables or 3 in Canada?
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I do. But I'm a definite minority. I hear poin-set-a most of the time. I think most of the dictionaries say either is correct, but I can't see "tia" and say "ta."
eta, it's my quest to get everyone to call those stupid red plants by their real name - poin-set-ti-a. 
