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darkwater
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> If you pronounce fuchsia like "fuksia" nobody will understand you.
TIL and yet another case of "English is fucking weird".
debo_
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Fuching weird, even.
darkwater
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:) 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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TIL and yet another case of "English is fucking weird".