So a new Art History program with Andrew Marr. Why not an art historian ffs. Like getting a pop star to host a program about the Cosmos. Then the DM runs with 'Can you identify these 10 paintings?' feature and one of them is by Van Gough!!! I really despair at times.
Oh I got all 10. Easy really but then I did teach art.
A bloke goes into a bar in Arles and sees Vincent Van Gogh sitting at the bar. He goes up to him and says, "Hello Vincent, I haven't seen you for ages. Can I get you a beer?"
Safest for a Brit is to say Van (rhymes with one) Gog (rhymes with cog). Similarly Gullit is beter than Hullit.
You have Ronald Koeman (Dutch footballer, national coach) and Nellie Cooman (Dutch sprinter) always made me laugh that British commentators pronounced them the opposite of how it is in Dutch. They could clearly pronounce the names, just the wrong way round.
Sorry! I was making a daft joke about Schumann and Schubert being the same person. I was not even being original as it was based on a story Humphrey Littleton or somebody told years ago on Radio 4 years ago about an American failing to understand they were two different people.
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