so is Fuschia pronounced "few-sha" or "foo-see-ah"?

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so is Fuschia pronounced "few-sha" or "foo-see-ah"?

2006-06-28 00:31:00 · 7 answers · asked by Java Zulu 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages

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It's actually spelled Fuchsia not Fuschia (the plant was named after the German botanist Leonhart Fuchs). So it should probably be correctly pronounced "fook-seeya", but it's more commonly pronounced as "few-sha".

2006-06-29 09:19:45 · answer #1 · answered by EarthStar 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋

few sha

2006-06-28 07:58:09 · answer #2 · answered by juanes addicion 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋

The first way

2006-06-28 07:33:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋

few-sha

2006-06-28 07:37:06 · answer #4 · answered by Iamnotarobot (former believer) 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋

few-sha

2006-06-28 07:34:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋

foo-see-ah

2006-06-28 07:45:57 · answer #6 · answered by manos k 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋

the second way

2006-06-28 08:12:31 · answer #7 · answered by helpme 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋