*laughs in Dutch*

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• Ftumch@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Actually, the way his name is pronounced in Dutch sounds like you’re about to spit out something that was stuck in the back of your throat.

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  • Hapankaali@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    On the other hand, the pronunciation in van Gogh’s local dialect would have been quite different from the standard Dutch pronunciation (with a “hard g”).

    Then again, assuming this name refers to the town of Goch, the locals there (just across the border in modern-day Germany) pronounce it differently from both of these, which would likely be different from the way it was pronounced in van Gogh’s time (some Low Saxon or Low Franconian dialect, I’m guessing).

    However, none of these pronunciations are anything like the absurd American or British English variations.

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    • dillekant@slrpnk.net ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Oh man, this is so confusing. I’ve been pronouncing it Vin Van Gooly gooly gooly gooly Goff

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    • tempest@lemmy.ca ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Look if you want me to say it right I’m going to need a very simple tutorial on that upside down R backwards e notation that I don’t understand but they put beside the names on Wikipedia.

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  • sinextitan@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    so typical Dutch?

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  • Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Or Klingon.

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• MrRandom@lemmy.zip ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Dutch here: doesn’t work in Dutch.

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  • OriginEnergySux@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Disclaimer: This joke also doesnt work in Chinese

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  • Zwiebel@feddit.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    “van” is pronouned as 1 with a v (‘v-one’)

    More like fan with a british accent

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  • zikzak025@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I would figure the joke doesn’t work in Dutch because Dutch has different words.

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    • LodeMike@lemmy.today ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Yes. Puns rely on the language of their presentation to work.

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  • InFerNo@lemmy.ml ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Gogh sounds like hocking up a loogie in Dutch

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• SlothMama@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Where did my Van Goff huh?

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• Tabula_stercore@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Where did my ear go?

  Oh… you’re gobshite at pronunciation

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• Blackfeathr@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Salvador Dali 😔

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• NoForwadSlashS@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I think you mean *laughs in American*

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• CallMeAl@piefed.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Brits are confused

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  • Miller@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    There is a girl who dresses all in black and will only travel in a van. Me: Yeah that’s a

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    • SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Thereeeerre we go

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    • nightwatch_admin@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      vangrail?

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• unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Van Damme? He’s over there kicking someone

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• MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Gosh.

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• tpihkal@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Vincent McVan?

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