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Van Gogh's Family Tree


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His dizzy aunt -- Verti Gogh

The brother who ate prunes -- Gotta Gogh

The brother who worked at a convenience store -- Stop N. Gogh

The grandfather from Yugoslavia -- U Gogh

The cousin from Illinois -- Chica Gogh

His magician uncle -- Where Diddy Gogh

His Mexican cousin -- A. Mee Gogh

The Mexican cousin's American half-brother -- Gring Gogh

The nephew who drove a stage coach -- Wells Far Gogh

The constipated uncle -- Cant Gogh

The ballroom dancing aunt -- Tang Gogh

The bird lover uncle -- Flamin Gogh

His nephew psychoanalyst -- E Gogh

The fruit loving cousin -- Man Gogh

An aunt who taught positive thinking -- Way To Gogh

The little bouncy nephew -- Poe Gogh

A sister who loved disco -- Go Gogh

And his niece who travels the country in a van -- Winnie Bay Gogh

....And there ya Gogh!

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This depends completely on the pronunciation of Gogh to rhyme with "go". This is an Americanism. van Gogh was Dutch and his name is pronounced with the "gh" sounded as a gutteral. It is most definitely not silent as the Americans would have you believe.

Guttural consonants

The word guttural is derived from the French and Latin denoting a sound coming from the throat.

The concept of gutturality is not entirely objective, but a guttural sound is generally believed to be one which is pronounced with the dorsum of the tongue and/or at any point behind the hard palate, including the soft palate, the uvula or the pharynx. In scientific discourse, the more precise terms indicating place of articulation, such as uvular consonant, are generally preferred.

From http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Gutteral+consonant

Please note that this is not an anti-American post, just a statement.

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This depends completely on the pronunciation of Gogh to rhyme with "go". This is an Americanism. van Gogh was Dutch and his name is pronounced with the "gh" sounded as a gutteral. It is most definitely not silent as the Americans would have you believe.

Guttural consonants

The word guttural is derived from the French and Latin denoting a sound coming from the throat.

The concept of gutturality is not entirely objective, but a guttural sound is generally believed to be one which is pronounced with the dorsum of the tongue and/or at any point behind the hard palate, including the soft palate, the uvula or the pharynx. In scientific discourse, the more precise terms indicating place of articulation, such as uvular consonant, are generally preferred.

From http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Gutteral+consonant

Please note that this is not an anti-American post, just a statement.

1.gif someone`s going to be on here soon agreeing to disagree with your statement. 5.gif

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This depends completely on the pronunciation of Gogh to rhyme with "go". This is an Americanism. van Gogh was Dutch and his name is pronounced with the "gh" sounded as a gutteral. It is most definitely not silent as the Americans would have you believe.

Guttural consonants

The word guttural is derived from the French and Latin denoting a sound coming from the throat.

The concept of gutturality is not entirely objective, but a guttural sound is generally believed to be one which is pronounced with the dorsum of the tongue and/or at any point behind the hard palate, including the soft palate, the uvula or the pharynx. In scientific discourse, the more precise terms indicating place of articulation, such as uvular consonant, are generally preferred.

From http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Gutteral+consonant

Please note that this is not an anti-American post, just a statement.

1.gif someone`s going to be on here soon agreeing to disagree with your statement. 5.gif

Expect trouble. :lol:

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