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-square8fedilinkarrow-up160arrow-down12cross-posted to: todayilearned@lemmit.online
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 · 1 year agomessage-square8fedilinkcross-posted to: todayilearned@lemmit.online
minus-squareeusousuperior@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoFook-see-ya is how it’s pronounced in both Spanish and Portuguese
Fook-see-ya is how it’s pronounced in both Spanish and Portuguese