Lotsen@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoFan Gogh don't upvotelemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up1274arrow-down123
arrow-up1251arrow-down1imageFan Gogh don't upvotelemmy.dbzer0.comLotsen@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square12fedilink
minus-squareMr_Blott@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-21 year ago“Gogh pronounced like loch” crew here to downvote anyone from the “Gogh pronounced like go” crew because that’s just fuckin wrong
minus-squareHotsauceHurricane@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoWell I just didn’t know that.
minus-squarenull_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoThe “gh” in Van gogh is the phoneme /x/ which is the same sound as in “loch”, a voiceless fricative sound (“throat clearing” sound). https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_velar_fricative
“Gogh pronounced like loch” crew here to downvote anyone from the “Gogh pronounced like go” crew because that’s just fuckin wrong
Well I just didn’t know that.
I thought it rhymed with “off”?
The “gh” in Van gogh is the phoneme /x/ which is the same sound as in “loch”, a voiceless fricative sound (“throat clearing” sound).
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_velar_fricative