Its funny because in Netherlands, his name is written as Kuijt. And they pronounce Kait. The 'ij' gives a 'y' sound. Same with van Dijk. Its pronounced as Daik. But in English, written as Duyk.
Same with Cruijff. His name is pronounced Kreiff (cry-ff). And written as Cruyff.
I'm Dutch myself, and you're a bit off. Dijk is indeed pronounced as Daik, but Kuijt isn't pronounced as Kait, because Kuijt has the u, which Dijk hasn't. The uij in Kuijt is pronounced the same as in Cruijff(which isnt pronounced as Kreiff either). Basically this is what his name sounds like in Dutch
http://bit.ly/Miy1oH (click on the listen thing on the bottom right)
I don't think the Dutch ui sound exists in English language. Can't think of any examples right now anyway.
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