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by darkwater 200 days ago
> If you pronounce fuchsia like "fuksia" nobody will understand you.

TIL and yet another case of "English is fucking weird".
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debo_ 200 days ago
Fuching weird, even.
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darkwater 199 days ago
:) Yeah, probably in this case English is doing the right thing, pronunciation wise. Anyway, checking in Google Translate the pronunciation it plays "fuksia", while Wikipedia has the right version.
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