van gogh: dutch... merle
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? ;-)
