MaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comB to c/TodayILearned@chat.maiion.comEnglish · 1 year agoTIL 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.orgexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up160
arrow-up160external-linkTIL 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.orgMaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comB to c/TodayILearned@chat.maiion.comEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square7fedilink
minus-squarekitb@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year agoIt 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.
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.
Yeah, like camomile, shamomile