| ▲ | pwdisswordfishy 18 hours ago | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
It comes from the surname of a German botanist. Which just happens to mean "fox". Never had problems with it. It would probably help if you pronounced it right, with a /ks/. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | umanwizard 18 hours ago | parent [-] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The beginning of the English word "fuchsia" is not pronounced like the German word Fuchs, so indeed the spelling does not match the pronunciation. This is independent of the fact that it comes from that word. Plenty of things in English (and, in fact, loanwords in every language) sound different from the words they're derived from; that doesn't mean trying to imitate the source language is the "right" pronunciation. If you pronounce fuchsia like "fuksia" nobody will understand you. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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