On Mon, 14 May 2018 07:48:18 Chris Hogg wrote:

On Sun, 13 May 2018 21:38:03 +0100, David Rance
wrote:

On a matter of pronunciation ...

We pronounce "fuchsia" as "fewsha" even though it was named after a
German botanist, a certain Leonhart Fuchs ("fooks").


Yebbut...shouldn't the 'ch' in Fuchs be pronounced as in Achtung, with
that German guttural throaty sound that we don't have in English,
rather than with a hard 'k'? Or do you say Aktung? :-)

The English pronunciation 'fewsha' is a nearer to fuchsia than is
'fooksia'!

No, it depends on the word. Fuchs (fox) is pronounced "fooks" but the
"ch" in "Achtung" is pronounced like the Scottish "loch". To be
pedantic, "fooks" has a shorter "oo" sound than in English.

David

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David Rance writing from Caversham, Reading, UK