Family Tree of Vincent Van Gogh

[viking33]

The Family Tree of Vincent Van Gogh

His dizzy aunt ------------ --------- --------- --------- Verti Gogh
The brother who ate prunes------ --------- --------- Gotta Gogh
The brother who worked at a convenience store -- Stop N Gogh
The grandfather from Yugoslavia ------------ ------- U Gogh
His magician uncle ------------ --------- ------ Where-diddy Gogh
His Mexican cousin ------------ --------- --------- ----A Mee Gogh
The Mexican cousin's American half-brother -------- Gring Gogh
The nephew who drove a stage coach ----------- Wells-far Gogh
The constipated uncle ------------ --------- ---------- Can't Gogh
The ballroom dancing aunt ------------ --------- ----- Tang Gogh
The bird lover uncle ------------ --------- --------- -- Flamin Gogh
The fruit-loving cousin ------------ --------- ---------- Man Gogh
An aunt who taught positive thinking -------------- Way-to-Gogh
The little bouncy nephew ------------ --------- ------ Poe Gogh
A sister who loved disco ------------ --------- -------- Go Gogh
And niece who travels the country in an RV --- Winnie Bay Gogh

I saw you smiling . . . there ya Gogh!

( I'm sure there are more members of the Van Gogh family out there )

[HansV]

The uncle who dominates every party --- Big E Gogh
The cousin who studies maths ----------- Al Gogh Rithm
The future administrator ----------------- Mun Gogh
The musical nephew ----------------------- Bon Gogh
The niece who never married ------------ Vir Gogh

[hlewton]

Those are funny

[wasbit]

An obnoxious brother ............. Please Gogh

The brother with a permanent tan . Hue Gogh

A cousin that moved to Illinois .. Chica Gogh

An agoraphobic cousin ............ No Gogh

The niece who is a hairdresser ... Washan Gogh

The athletic nephew .............. Readysteady Gogh

Orson Welles on Donny Osmond: "He has Van Gogh's ear for music."

Probably the oldest joke in the book:

Vincent Van Gogh was standing at the corner of the bar in his local pub when his mate Rembrandt walked in.
"Fancy a Whiskey, Van Goghy?" called out Rembrandt.
"No, its okay", said Van Gogh, "I've got one ear."

... and on that note I'd better gogh

[StuartR]

It took me a while to get these, as the name Gogh is not pronounced "go" here.

Very funny.

[Bowlie]

It took me a while to get these, as the name Gogh is not pronounced "go" here.

Very funny.

Oh sorry, have you had that gough for long?

[StuartR]

That's a bit closer

[Bigaldoc]

It took me a while to get these, as the name Gogh is not pronounced "go" here.

Hmmm, interesting. Learn something new everyday is my motto!

In Googling, it seems that neither the British NOR American pronunciation is correct and I never knew that. According to a few places I saw it's pronounced like the Scottish "loch" with a guttural sound.

Never happen, not in my country. Most Americans can't deal with the German guttural sounds either!

[StuartR]

...According to a few places I saw it's pronounced like the Scottish "loch" with a guttural sound...

The initial sound is also somewhat gutteral, not the hard G that you hear from British or American speakers.

[HansV]

There are two sound clips on the Vincent van Gogh: Frequently Asked Questions page (look for Q11: How do you pronounce the name "Van Gogh"?)

The first one demonstrates how someone from the northern half of The Netherlands pronounces the name, the second one how it's pronounced by someone from the southern province where Vincent van Gogh was born and raised.

[wasbit]

The definitive answer from the fount of all knowledge, who got their information from the Dutch version of QI & ends with "sounds like an outbreak of pneumonia in a frog pond".

- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLTQv8RH1TE" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[HansV]

Well, most people here in The Netherlands wouldn't pronounce it that harshly (although some certainly do). People in the southern part of the country, Vincent van Gogh's home ground, have a so-called "soft g", so the authentic pronunciation is not throat-damaging at all.

[wasbit]

The definitive answer from the fount of all knowledge, who got their information from the Dutch version of QI & ends with "sounds like an outbreak of pneumonia in a frog pond".

- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLTQv8RH1TE" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Just in case - my post wasn't meant to be taken seriously.
Forgot the smilies as usual.

[HansV]

Yes, I understood that