{"id":462,"date":"2007-08-15T06:56:00","date_gmt":"2007-08-15T12:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/royblumenthal.com\/wordpress\/?p=462"},"modified":"2007-08-15T06:56:00","modified_gmt":"2007-08-15T12:56:00","slug":"2007-08-15-kgone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/royblumenthal.com\/wordpress\/2007-08-15-kgone\/","title":{"rendered":"2007-08-15 Kgone"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }<\/style>\n<div class=\"flickr-frame\">\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/royblumenthal\/1126446498\/\" title=\"photo sharing\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1266\/1126446498_964b86a17b.jpg?w=605\" class=\"flickr-photo\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\t<span class=\"flickr-caption\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/royblumenthal\/1126446498\/\">2007-08-15 Kgone<\/a>, originally uploaded by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/people\/royblumenthal\/\">royblumenthal<\/a>.<\/span><\/div>\n<p class=\"flickr-yourcomment\">\tThis is a very rough approximation of Kgone, the lady who cleans my flat once a week.<\/p>\n<p>To international readers, the way to pronounce her name is kinda difficult to describe. But I&#8217;ll try.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8216;K&#8217; is almost inaudible, but definitely present. <\/p>\n<p>The &#8216;g&#8217; is a soft sound, sort of like the &#8216;ch&#8217; in &#8216;Lichtenstein. <\/p>\n<p>The &#8216;o&#8217; is similar to the &#8216;or&#8217; in &#8216;dormitory&#8217;, but without the &#8216;r&#8217; sound. <\/p>\n<p>And the &#8216;ne&#8217; is close to &#8216;neh&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>So, putting it all together &#8212; Kgone sounds like this: k-ch-oh-neh. But the k is much less present than it looks.<\/p>\n<p>The word ,&#8217;kgone&#8217;, in Sotho, means &#8216;to help&#8217;. Though it also seems to have several other connotations. As Kgone translates it, the meaning is close to &#8216;beneficial&#8217;, or &#8216;helpful&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><i>This painting was made in my lounge, using <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ambientdesign.com\/artrage.html\">ArtRage 2.5<\/a>, on my Toshiba Tecra M4 tablet pc. Kgone was having a cuppa tea while I did the initial quick sketch. She didn&#8217;t know I was drawing her.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>If you like this image, you can pop it onto a piece of merchandise at my Flickr-approved <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zazzle.com\/royblumenthal*\">Zazzle<\/a> shop!!!<\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">Roy Blumenthal is a writer, director, artist, and <a href=\"http:\/\/snipurl.com\/visualfacilitator\">visual facilitator<\/a>. Hire him to make pictures of your meetings or workshops.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2007-08-15 Kgone, originally uploaded by royblumenthal. This is a very rough approximation of Kgone, the lady who cleans my flat once a week. To international readers, the way to pronounce her name is kinda difficult to describe. 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