Actually, the way his name is pronounced in Dutch sounds like you're about to spit out something that was stuck in the back of your throat.
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On the other hand, the pronunciation in van Gogh's local dialect would have been quite different from the standard Dutch pronunciation (with a "hard g").
Then again, assuming this name refers to the town of Goch, the locals there (just across the border in modern-day Germany) pronounce it differently from both of these, which would likely be different from the way it was pronounced in van Gogh's time (some Low Saxon or Low Franconian dialect, I'm guessing).
However, none of these pronunciations are anything like the absurd American or British English variations.
Look if you want me to say it right I'm going to need a very simple tutorial on that upside down R backwards e notation that I don't understand but they put beside the names on Wikipedia.
Have you tried clicking the little speaker icon after the phonetic notation on Wikipedia?
Oh man, this is so confusing. I've been pronouncing it Vin Van Gooly gooly gooly gooly Goff
so typical Dutch?
Or Klingon.
Dutch here: Joke doesn't work in Dutch.
Some info on Dutch words:
- In literal translation we call vans something like mini-bus or order-bus ("busje" or "bestel bus" ... probably shipping related)
- "van" is pronouned as 1 with a v ('v-one')
- Gogh doesn't sound anything like "go"
Disclaimer: This joke also doesnt work in Chinese
I would figure the joke doesn't work in Dutch because Dutch has different words.
Yes. Puns rely on the language of their presentation to work.
"van" is pronouned as 1 with a v ('v-one')
More like fan with a british accent
Where did my Van Goff huh?
Where did my ear go?
Oh... you're gobshite at pronunciation
Salvador Dali 😔
I think you mean *laughs in American*
Brits are confused
Van Damme? He's over there kicking someone
Gosh. Here it is.
But where did my
Vincent McVan?