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0 pointsdarkwater5mo ago0 comments

> If you pronounce fuchsia like "fuksia" nobody will understand you.

TIL and yet another case of "English is fucking weird".

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Fuching weird, even.

:) 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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debo_5mo ago

Fuching weird, even.

darkwaterOP5mo 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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