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Old 05-09-2019, 10:54 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Vir Campestris Vir Campestris is offline
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Default Fuschia - potting on.

On 04/09/2019 00:40, Jim S wrote:
On Tue, 3 Sep 2019 22:33:44 +0100, 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?!


Or cameelia rather as camellia

I don't know Czech, but reading wonkypedia it perhaps ought to be
kahmlia (with a silent H IYSWIM)

Must take those cuttings...

Andy