You're right in that the prn isn't what English-speakers think first, but I think the ee-REET prn is graceful & elegant sounding. More so, anyway, than my inclination to say EYE-rit or EER-it. ;o) I wouldn't worry too much about misprn, though. My name is usually misprn the first time people see my name & I've corrected them since I was just a little rugrat. ;o) And the blossom is breathtakingly, achingly beautiful, imo. I've never seen one, before! *scurries off to do some quick research on the irit flower*