Bill!,
Only the Dutch need it, I think. Van Gogh was from Netherlands?
My Dad had a joke, if one of the kids mis-pronounced a word. He'd say, e.g.,
"The 'g' is silent, like the pee in pot".
Van. Van is Van Cliburn's first name.
--Joe
> "Bill!" <BillSmart@...> wrote:
>
> Joe,
>
> Well the second 'g' is silent, so who needs it?
>
> Harvey.
>
> ...Bill!
>
> "Joe" <desert_woodworker@> wrote:
> >
> > Bill!,
> >
> > That was Gogh! But probably pronounced the same.
> >
> > By the way, you know of the Van Cliburn piano contest held in America each
> > year: What is Van Cliburn's first name? ;-)
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