Topic: What is the correct way to pronounce Van Gogh?

Father Dave !RsSxeehGwc started this discussion 2 years ago #114,740

So I'm watching that Dr Who episode where they take Vincent to the museum to see how beloved he ended up being, and it struck me that no 2 fuckers ever seem to say his name the same way. How do you say it?

Poll option	Votes	Percentage
Van Goff (British way)	3	25%
Van Go (American way)	3	25%
Fan Gokkhhkkhkh (Dutch way)	5	42%
Van Gog (idiot's way)	1	8%
Other (please write below)	-	0%

boof joined in and replied with this 2 years ago, 5 minutes later[^] [v] #1,268,970

yeah that bugged me in that episode of Doctor Who, like what the fuck

Van *imitate sound of getting phlegm to spit*

Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 2 years ago, 8 minutes later, 14 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,268,971

"Goon-low-egg"

Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 2 years ago, 4 hours later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,268,985

That ending was nice

Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 2 years ago, 11 minutes later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,268,986

@OP
> fuckers
?

Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 2 years ago, 27 minutes later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,268,987

I would pronounce it as one word.

Father Dave !RsSxeehGwc (OP) replied with this 2 years ago, 6 hours later, 12 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,268,998

@1,268,985 (D)

> That ending was nice

Yeah, it was beautiful.

dw !p9hU6ckyqw joined in and replied with this 2 years ago, 26 minutes later, 13 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,268,999

van gogh

Anonymous H joined in and replied with this 1 year ago, 1 year later, 1 year after the original post[^] [v] #1,355,367

@1,268,998 (Father Dave !RsSxeehGwc)
I think it's better than last year's.

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