Re: Soul of a dead person?

On 1 Feb, 18:11, Paul <paulmathew...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > John Briggs wrote:
> > > Maybe so, but did you notice that he is mispronouncing "Da Vinci"?
> > . And how do
> > YOU pronounce van Gogh?
>
> I don't tune in to usernet audio either, but I thought Da Vincy was
> pronounced (oops... can't type   Phoentic script on my keyboard)
> something like  ' Thaa Veen Chi' with  stress on 'Veen'. What was that
> bit about Ireland? I hope it was a joke. (Being a nonnative user of
> English, sometimes they fly right over my head.). And Van Gogh, to my
> knowledge, which is limited, (humility just happens to be my weakness)
> is pronounced 'Van Gof' with stress on 'Van' and 'Gof'. (One of those
> compound things that take two primary stresses). I have a digital
> version of Van Gogh's 'Wheatfields with Crows' in my comp which will
> happily be shared with any art buff in the group.
>
> Paul.

stop press: wikipedia gives the Dutch pronunciation of Van Gogh as
'Feen-Sensh-Faan-Hoff'
Any takers?