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Hosta pronunciation: HOE-sta or HAH-sta?
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Jenn627
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Hosta pronunciation: HOE-sta or HAH-sta?
Help a sister out. Thanks! 
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Posted 3/31/10 10:58 AM  |
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eddiesmommy
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Re: Hosta pronunciation: HOE-sta or HAH-sta?
I think its HAH-sta
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| Posted 3/31/10 11:00 AM |
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CrankyPants
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Re: Hosta pronunciation: HOE-sta or HAH-sta?
I always pronounce it as the latter; HAH-sta.
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| Posted 3/31/10 11:01 AM |
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Jenn627
Laaaaaaaambert!
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Jenn
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Re: Hosta pronunciation: HOE-sta or HAH-sta?
Ah - that's how I pronounce it and I thought it was wrong... Thanks!
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| Posted 3/31/10 11:05 AM |
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DaniJude
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Danielle
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Re: Hosta pronunciation: HOE-sta or HAH-sta?
HAH-STA is what I have always heard.
But HOE-STA is mad funny!
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| Posted 3/31/10 11:30 AM |
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MrsH2009
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Re: Hosta pronunciation: HOE-sta or HAH-sta?
Hah- sta like Shasta
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| Posted 3/31/10 11:39 AM |
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JldDolphin
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Jen
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Re: Hosta pronunciation: HOE-sta or HAH-sta?
Posted by Jenn627
Ah - that's how I pronounce it and I thought it was wrong... Thanks!
That is how I say it and I'm pretty sure it's correct.
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| Posted 3/31/10 12:07 PM |
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SummerMom
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Re: Hosta pronunciation: HOE-sta or HAH-sta?
Looked it up on Wikipedia and they say that the vowel in the first syllable is an "o" like the one in "John" (they used the phonetic symbol - finally, got a chance to use the 400-level linguistics class I took in college!) 
Message edited 3/31/2010 1:02:53 PM.
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| Posted 3/31/10 1:00 PM |
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