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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[-] kitb@lemmy.world 0 points 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.

[-] Ildar@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, like camomile, shamomile

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