Actually, I’ve mostly heard fuchsia pronounced FYOO-sha. And it ought to be pronounced FOOKS-ya but there is probably some reason why it isn’t.
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Joyce Melton:
December 27th, 2014 at 11:14 pm
Actually, I’ve mostly heard fuchsia pronounced FYOO-sha. And it ought to be pronounced FOOKS-ya but there is probably some reason why it isn’t.