Re: OT Van Gogh (was: Yogh in the news)

Quoting "Mark J. Reed" <markjreed@...>:

> The distinction between [v_0] and [f] being, I presume, one of laxity?
>
> As I said, the usual American pronunciation is [v&n gou].  I
> personally have tended to pronounce it [fVn gOG]; I shall endeavor to
> use [xOx] in the future. :)

When I learnt to correct pronunciation, I started to approximate it as [fan
xOx], but after a number of blank stares I switched back to the usual Swedish
[fan gOg].

                                                        Andreas