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Is someone holding these poor souls hostage and forcing them to be together?
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How do you pronounce Van Gogh?
Van Go (beep beep)
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That’s a weird way to pronounce Van Gogh. 😉
If you don’t watch Doctor Who, and even if you do, Vincent and the Doctor is the best season 5 episode (no spoilers for the larger series arcs).
And that’s when I started questioning how I pronounce Van Gogh (I’m American, so I say Go with the long ō).
I recently watched the documentary Van Gogh by Vincent, which narrates his development as an artist by using his own self-portraits. Hearing the way the speakers pronounce his name is now cemented in my mind. Honestly it still feels weird, but I'll get used to it.
Ooh, it's directed by Teller and produced by Penn Jillette, too? It's gotta be good.
Thank you for the recommendation!
Just call him Doctor and he'll be happy
"Vuhn Gerdge"
I listened to a Dutch person pronounce Gouda (cheese) and now pronounce it that way, much to the dismay of my fellow Americans.
How do they pronounce it?
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/Nl-Gouda.ogg
A bit like "khow-da". Also acceptable: gow-da. US: goo-da.