Kniphofia in South Africa
M Ashley-Cooper (Mon, 15 Dec 2008 22:49:20 PST)

As someone used to also speaking some Afrikaans which has a Dutch/Germanic
type of ancestry, I suspect that the pronunciation of fuchsia would more
likely be "Fooghsia" with the "gh" pronounced the same way as the "ch" in
the Scottish loch (a sound as in clearing ones throat)!
----- Original Message -----
From: David Ehrlich
To: Pacific Bulb Society
Sent: 15 12, 2008 3:27 PM
Subject: Re: [pbs] Kniphofia in South Africa

Max --
I think your problem is with spelling. If you spell it correctly, you will
pronounce it correctly. But if you think it is a color rather than a genus,
you will spell it as well as pronounce it incorrectly. Unless you are a
biologist: then you will pronounce it fyooksia, being used to that
pronunciation for the stain fuchsin.

From: Max Withers
I cannot resist adding, pace everyone's spam filters, that a Fuschia
truly memorial of Leonhard Fuchs would have to be pronounced FUCK-sia.

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