pronunciation help: Draco

[Steve Vander Ark]

No: HPFGUIDX 11329

I received a feedback to the Lexicon from someone who questioned what 
I put for Draco's name on the Pronunciation Page of the Lexicon. I 
used DRAY-ko, which is the way my American mouth says it and the way 
Jim Dale says it on the tapes. That just sounds right to me. This 
person suggested that since it's from Latin, it should be pronounced 
DRAH-ko. Granted, it would be /ah/ in Latin (the word draconis would 
be pronounced drah-KO-nus), but DRAH-ko just sounds weird to me. Is 
my American bias showing or what here? Help me out...

Steve Vander Ark
The Harry Potter Lexicon
which had all sorts of word help pages and links
http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon