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MMr_Blott lemmy.world3Hide 3 replies"Gogh pronounced like loch" crew here to downvote anyone from the "Gogh pronounced like go" crew because that's just fuckin wrong4
nnull_ replylemmy.worldThe “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_fricative1
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"Gogh pronounced like loch" crew here to downvote anyone from the "Gogh pronounced like go" crew because that's just fuckin wrong
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
Well I just didn’t know that.
You can’t tell me what to do OP! Upvoted.
Don't tell me I can't upvote when I chuckle a bit
Sorry, not a fan of his work.
So that's how he lost his ear 😅😄