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minus-squareusualsuspect191@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI thought it rhymed with “off”?
minus-squarenull_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoThe “gh” in Van gogh is the phoneme /x/ which is the same sound as in “loch”, a voiceless fricative sound (“throat clearing” sound). https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_velar_fricative
I thought it rhymed with “off”?
The “gh” in Van gogh is the phoneme /x/ which is the same sound as in “loch”, a voiceless fricative sound (“throat clearing” sound).
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_velar_fricative