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Old 03-09-2019, 11:48 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Bob Hobden[_6_] Bob Hobden[_6_] is offline
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Default Fuschia - potting on.

On 3 Sep 2019 22:33, Jenny M Benson wrote:
On 03/09/2019 21:26, Vir Campestris wrote:


And it should of course not be pronounced few-shia the way I was taught,
but fooch-sia. Where that's a short oo like foot, not long like boot,
and the ch is like the Scots loch.


Are you also in favour of dahlia being pronounced Dahl (as in Roald)-ia?!

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My Collingridge dictionary of plant names says..

Fuchsia. fuks-ee-a (after Leonhart Fuchs a German physician and
Herbalist)

Dahlia. dah-lee-a (after Dr Anders Dahl a Swedish botanist).

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Bob Hobden