Joe, As usual you are wrong. Harvey was his first name..
Edgar On May 2, 2013, at 4:02 AM, Joe 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? ;-) > >
