Problem with Van Gogh's paintings

[Shrike]

No.

The final "gh" is pronounced similar to the clearing throat sound, but the first "g" is a slightly different sound (listen closely to the guy). The difference is difficult to reproduce for non-Dutch, hence the "don't try this at home".

I'm German, and we have the "gh" sound, but not the "g". So, our pronunciation is "Goch" (like in "god" at the beginning and "Bach" at the end).

BTW: A co-worker of my Mom's is married to a Dutch girl. They live just across the border on the Dutch side, and that's where the local pub is where he hangs out. One time, he tried to speak Dutch. Half the patrons died laughing. "Pal, don't do that. We all speak German."

There are regional differences, where the 'g' is 'soft'. Where I come from, they both sound the same (I just tried this with cow-orkers ).

 

[Fredrik]

Is the V pronounced like a V or more like an F (as in the german "von")?

 

[Shrike]

Is the V pronounced like a V or more like an F (as in the german "von")?

Both
It should be a regular V however.

 

[Shrike]

For pity's sake, who taught you people to speak? Why can't you just talk good old American like the good lord intended?

Cause we're the filthiest country in the world: http://www.godhatestheworld.com/netherlands/index.html

 

[TSR]

Talk about regional differences, this is minor. I learned Spanish Spanish in school, and have picked up some Mexican Spanish but A speaks Colombian Spanish, and some of the vocabulary is dramatically different. Some of the terms I have learned as being only mildly naughty or even flirty are apparently among the most vile things you can say in Colombia. Several times I've said something to A and zie has gotten very quiet after. I've learned that this means "don't ever *EVER* say that in front of my mother..."

 

[Bell]

Cause we're the filthiest country in the world: http://www.godhatestheworld.com/netherlands/index.html

Don't rule out Canada.

 

[Rollise]

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[Halfcentaur]

Impasto is the technical term.

I should know that being an illustrator,...
The way he layered the paint so thick to where it's almost sculpture like makes a really interesting texture, and the way he creates a current with it flying off objects in his later paintings, it reminds me of the digital effect in the Lord of the Rings when Frodo puts the ring on, and the world is all distorted and streaking.

 

[Garrette]

Cause we're the filthiest country in the world: http://www.godhatestheworld.com/netherlands/index.html

Now you're just trying to get me to move there. Which I might. If you spoke American, like Shai'tan intended.

 

[Cactus Wren]

Cause we're the filthiest country in the world: http://www.godhatestheworld.com/netherlands/index.html

That's a Phelps site, right? I can't get in right now, but Web Of Trust says I shouldn't even try.

 

[Shrike]

That's a Phelps site, right? I can't get in right now, but Web Of Trust says I shouldn't even try.

Yes it is, and WOT sums it up qiute nicely.

 

[Aurelian]

Regarding the paint - I was thinking of a Vonnegut book that I read a decade or two ago that had painting as the central activity of the narrator. Something that calls to mind hard work and "dust in the wind". If someone knows the title, I'd appreciate it.

 

[Worm]

Bluebeard?

 

[Mark6]

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