[thaumasiotes]

> It’s a terrible name because most Americans pronounce it “kagel” [rhymes with “bagel”] which sounds like the pelvic floor exercises. Australians pronounce it “kaggel” [rhymes with “haggle”].

Speaking as an American, this is an awful example. Why are "bagel" and "haggle" not supposed to rhyme with each other? What difference is there in Anthony Goldbloom's mind?

[Danylon]

Bagel = Kay-gel

Haggle = Kah-gl

I wonder about your dialect, if for you, "bagel" rhymes with "gaggle".

[thaumasiotes]

I'll accept bagel basically anywhere along the continuum you're trying to describe. (Well, assuming you think the vowel in the first syllable of "haggle" is like "bag" and not like "bog".)

California English.