our Akka a variety of things :


A book on Vincent van Gogh (my mother loves to paint as well),
a dvdbox of Jane Eyre (with Timothy Dalton) and a dutch dvdbox
of a dutch series she followed on television 40 years ago, fun !
We also got her something to knit, because she likes to knit very
much and she loves Arne & Carlos :


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What sweet thoughtful gifts you are getting for your mother! You are a darling daughter to her.
Would you please help your American friend with one thing - how is Van Gogh pronounced properly? Does is sound like van go or van goff? Or neither? LOL
Hihi, neither :D let me try and think of a word in english that sounds the same way ... Found something ! Do you know the right way to pronounce jojoba ? The scrapy kind of sound, that is what we are looking for, so :
scrapy g, short o as in rock and scrapy g again :D And van is pronounced like sun but then with a v to begin with. <3
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