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QuiltnNan 03-11-2013 02:50 PM

Vincent Van Gogh had many relatives
 
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

noveltyjunkie 03-11-2013 02:59 PM

Lol. Some funny word play there

Kinda spoils it though when you know that in the correct Dutch pronunciation the gh is not silent!

nativetexan 03-11-2013 04:32 PM

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.

Tartan 03-11-2013 05:43 PM

:thumbup:.

quiltmom04 03-13-2013 05:45 AM


Originally Posted by noveltyjunkie (Post 5921824)
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".

nativetexan 03-13-2013 07:45 AM

Yep. who would have thought?

jojo47 03-20-2013 06:27 PM

Cute chuckle! Thanks for sharing! :)

quiltjoey 03-20-2013 07:12 PM

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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