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by sebastiennight 798 days ago
Americans do pronounce his name "Venn Gho", but it is spelled Van Gogh!

Interestingly enough, there are many pronunciations of Van Gogh's name [1] (we French people say "Gog" rhyming with "dog"), but the rarest one is probably the one from his own native Brabant dialect.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_van_Gogh#cite_note-5

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I was more so talking about Van Gho the music artist[0], mixed with a bit of Mona Lisa the band[1]. But to each their own

[0] https://www.facebook.com/VanGhoMusic/ [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mona_Lisa_(band)

LOL... I learned something today!