On Fri, 12 Jan 2018 09:11:30 -0000, "Ophelia" >
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>"S Viemeister" wrote in message ...
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>On 1/11/2018 2:28 PM, Ophelia wrote:
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>> "S Viemeister" wrote in message ...
>> On 1/11/2018 12:16 PM, Bruce wrote:
>>> On Thu, 11 Jan 2018 10:13:36 -0700, graham > wrote:
>>>> On 2018-01-11 10:03 AM, Bruce wrote:
>>>>> That was Van Gogh.
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>>>> *Not* pronounced Van "Go"! :-)
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>>> No, preferably not And not "Gof" either.
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>> I can only pronounce it properly when I have a bad cold...
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>> I've never had any problem with it, but then I can say loch properly too
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>Well, so can I, but van Gogh goes _far_ beyond the ch in loch!
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>I'll take your word for it but I am not aware of problems. Please tell me
>you don't say 'van Go'??

This is the correct (northern) Dutch pronunciation:
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ceo7E1R78yo>

If that's asking too much, you're free to do your own thing