MaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comB to c/TodayILearned@chat.maiion.comEnglish · 11 months 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-square9fedilinkarrow-up160arrow-down12
arrow-up158arrow-down1external-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 · 11 months agomessage-square9fedilink
minus-squareeusousuperior@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoFook-see-ya is how it’s pronounced in both Spanish and Portuguese
minus-squareLvxferrelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months ago…I usually pronounce it as [mɐ.'ʒẽ.tɐ] (mah-ZHEHN-tah) :P
Fook-see-ya is how it’s pronounced in both Spanish and Portuguese
…I usually pronounce it as [mɐ.'ʒẽ.tɐ] (mah-ZHEHN-tah) :P