Re: Agouti Pronuciation (sp?)

[Whitney Price]

"Of course in the US you may pronounce any of these words differently"

I should say so!  I only know the short 'a' "ah" and the long 'a' "ay".
What you are describing sounds more like the German 'a' "uh" as in "Handel"
(pronounced "Hendel" or "Hundel", not a homophone for "handle").  If I'm
wrong on the Deutche, Eva and Ehrenfried, please let me know (maybe
privately ;-) ).  Is this how you are pronouncing "er" in southern Great
Britain? (We need you to put some audio on your website! Ha Ha)