Richard Pennycuick wrote:

>I wonder if we can have a pronunciation - both a's in Vanska have umlauts
>which I believe are pronounced differently from their German equivalent,
>which would approximate to the e sound in "get". ...

I'm told it's pronounced Venske.  The 'e' is to be pronounced as the 'e'
in 'went.' I would phoneticize it as VEHN-skeeh.

Jane Erb