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TIL that the plant and color “fuschia” is actually spelled “fuchsia,” (pronounced fook-see-ya, not fyoo-shah) and named after a German botanist named Leonhart Fuchs. (en.wikipedia.org)

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[–] PumpkinEscobar 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This guy, Fuchs

[–] kitb 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It may be spelled fuchsia but it is still pronounced fyoo-sha in English. Maybe once upon a time that would have been a mispronunciation but nowadays it's standard English.

[–] Ildar 0 points 1 year ago

Yeah, like camomile, shamomile

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Looking forward to irritating my partner with this pronunciation.

[–] eusousuperior 2 points 1 year ago

Fook-see-ya is how it's pronounced in both Spanish and Portuguese

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Well, why not go all the way then and spell it "Fuchsie"?

[–] Ildar 0 points 1 year ago

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