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.

MaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.com · 1 year ago

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.

Pumpkin Escobar@lemmy.world · 1 year ago

This guy, Fuchs

JoumanaKayrouz@lemmy.world · 1 year ago

It’s pronounced Fuch

kitb@lemmy.world · 1 year ago

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.

Ильдар@lemmy.world · 1 year ago

Yeah, like camomile, shamomile

ChrisLicht@lemm.ee · 1 year ago

Looking forward to irritating my partner with this pronunciation.

eusousuperior@lemmy.world · 1 year ago

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

Ильдар@lemmy.world · 1 year ago

Шамоммиле ти

Lumidaub@feddit.de · 1 year ago

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

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.

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.

Leonhart Fuchs - Wikipedia