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		darkwater 20 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google confirms Android attacks; no fix for most S... > If you pronounce fuchsia like "fuksia" nobody will understand you. TIL and yet another case of "English is fucking weird".

debo_ 20 days ago [–]

Fuching weird, even.

darkwater 19 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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