On Fri, 12 Jan 2018 13:14:57 -0000, "Ophelia" >
wrote:

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>"S Viemeister" wrote in message ...
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>On 1/12/2018 4:11 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>> "S Viemeister" wrote in message ...
>> On 1/11/2018 2:28 PM, Ophelia wrote:
>>> "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.
>>>>> *Not* pronounced Van "Go"! :-)
>>>> No, preferably not And not "Gof" either.
>>> I can only pronounce it properly when I have a bad cold...
>>> ===
>>> 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'??
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>Only when speaking with Americans.
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>lol
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There is really no basis to make a superiority claim for any one
non-Dutch version over any other Non-Dutch one.