Jen Psaki's last name

[MoonRiver]

Do you pronounce the "P" or just say Saki? Everyone is saying Jen Saki now, but I seem to remember others using the "P" in previous years.

[OregonBlue]

1. I assume it's a very soft, almost silent P.

[Towlie]

2. It's silent like in "psychiatrist".

 
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I think it's pronounced like Japanese rice wine.

[NurseJackie]

3. Is it "sacky" (rhymes with "lackey") or "sah-key" (rhymes with "hockey")

[Cirque du So-What]

4. Rhymes with 'Hockey'

That’s the most common pronunciation I’ve heard.

[NurseJackie]

5. Thanks.

[Norbert]

6. We had a baseball pitcher for the Reds named Johnny Tsitouris

His is pronounced sit-tor-iss.

I figured her name is pronounced in a similar manner.

[fleur-de-lisa]

7. It is now pronounced Saki

but for several years, before she joined Biden’s administration, she was a guest on mainstream media shows and I distinctly remember her name being pronounced with the P sound clearly audible: Puh-Saki.

I wonder why she didn’t challenge the networks to pronounce her name correctly. Or maybe she did and they ignored her.

[MoonRiver]

8. Yes, that's what I remember too!

I'm fine either way, just wanted clarification. Thanks!