>Could the replies show Agassiz in phonetic spelling:
I was taught two ways (sorry!): AH guh see and ah GAHSS ee
The former is how I first learned it, and the latter was what my pronunciation
was corrected to (by a forgotten authority). At the time of the correction, I
had reason to trust the correction, and I have pronounced it the latter way
ever since.
Robin Panza [log in to unmask]
Section of Birds
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Pittsburgh PA 15213
USA