Living in Cambridge, MA which boasts an Agassiz Street, an Agassiz School, and a museum or two that owe their existence to him, I've never heard any other pronounciation than AH-guh-see (the "AH" is a broad vowel, close to a short a and the "guh" is really a "g-schwah") >I have been requested to find out the correct phonetic pronunciation for >the famous US natural scientist Louis Agassiz frpm the 19 century . > >Could the replies show Agassiz in phonetic spelling: > >Thanks , > >Terry McClafferty > >(Tear-ry Mac-Claff-fer-ty) > ___________________________________________________________ Edward Rodley email: [log in to unmask] Exhibit Planner [log in to unmask] Museum of Science, URL: www.tiac.net/users/erodley Boston, MA Opinions expressed are the author's alone (thankfully) ___________________________________________________________