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Originally Posted by harveyc
Please pay attention, Patty! 
Beth did not say van Gogh should start with V. The van is lower case and she made the case for examples such as Joe da Silva starting with "S", that's why I asked her to clarify her take on van Gogh. |
Actually, Harvey, Patty's got it right. van Gogh starts with a V.
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Originally Posted by Lorax
The locative articles in Scots, Irish, and Dutch names are generally capitalized and count as the beginning of the name, especially when they have been absorbed into it (like Vanderbilt for example, which can also be written as Van Der Biilt).
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