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    Old 03-11-2013, 02:50 PM
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    After much careful research, it has been discovered that the artist Vincent Van Gogh had many relatives. Among them were:
    His dizzy aunt . . . . Verti Gogh
    The brother who ate prunes . . . . Gotta Gogh
    The brother who worked at a convenience store . . . Stopn Gogh
    The grandfather from Yugoslavia . . . U Gogh
    The cousin from Illinois . . . Chica Gogh
    His magician uncle . . . Wherediddy Gogh
    His Spanish cousin . . . Amee Gogh
    The Spanish cousin's American half brother . . .Grin Gogh
    The ballroom dancing aunt . . . Tan Gogh
    A sister who loved disco . . . Go Gogh
    The nephew who drove a stage coach . . . Wellsfar Gogh
    The bird lover's uncle . . . Flaming Gogh
    His arrogant uncle . . . E Gogh
    An aunt who taught positive thinking . . . Wayto Gogh
    The little bouncy nephew . . . Poe Gogh
    And his niece who travels the country in a van . . .Winnie BayGogh
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    Old 03-11-2013, 02:59 PM
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    Lol. Some funny word play there

    Kinda spoils it though when you know that in the correct Dutch pronunciation the gh is not silent!
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    Old 03-11-2013, 04:32 PM
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    yes i know, strange isn't it? sometimes English gives me fits with words spelled the same but meaning different things. Poor man, i bet he know how to pronounce his name, even if we don't.
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    Old 03-13-2013, 05:45 AM
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    Originally Posted by noveltyjunkie
    Lol. Some funny word play there

    Kinda spoils it though when you know that in the correct Dutch pronunciation the gh is not silent!
    I don't know about actually Dutch, but in an episode of Dr. Who, they pronounced it "Van Gof".
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    Yep. who would have thought?
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    Cute chuckle! Thanks for sharing!
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    Too funny! Love art and am a some-what artist and have always loved Van Gogh's works. But being born in Georgia, it's "Go, to me!
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