Joe, Harvey is Harvey Lavan Cliburn, Jr's first name.
Van is his nickname, and maybe stage name. ...Bill! --- In [email protected], "Joe" <desert_woodworker@...> wrote: > > 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? ;-) > ------------------------------------ Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
