ToBE #35: Pot pourri?

This is with reference to a recent mail that mentioned the word "Pot pourri". As the line suf\ggested Pot Pourri is a mix. Mix of either similar items (like flower petals, pieces of music) or a mish-mash of unrelated items.

How to pronounce it?

• In ‘Pot’, t is silent. Say just ‘ Po ’, rhyming with ‘Go’.
• Say ‘Pou’ like ‘Sou’ in ‘Soup’.
• ‘rri’ is pronounced ‘ree’, like ‘see’.

So, you have “ Po pooree”. (Many thanks to Balaji N.)

As an aside: Pot Pourri is a famous brand of toilet air-freshener in North America . The non-spray version consists of a mix of fragrant multi-coloured synthetic leaves.