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Old 06-07-2012, 01:24 PM   #5
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Re: Brock Dykxhoorn

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Originally Posted by Benihana View Post
How in the hell do you pronounce that name?
I went to the Google translator and, while it wouldn't translate the name, does give you a sound clip of the name being pronounced. On the English side, it pronounced Dix Hoorn (which I expected). From the Dutch side, it was more Dikes Harn. My guess that they've anglicized it towards "Dix" and probably it's just Horn.

http://translate.google.com/#nl|en|Dykxhoorn
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