MaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comB to c/TodayILearned@chat.maiion.comEnglish · 2 years 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-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up161arrow-down12
arrow-up159arrow-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 · 2 years agomessage-square7linkfedilink
minus-squareeusousuperiorlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years 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