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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJen Psaki's last name
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.
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Jen Psaki's last name (Original Post)
MoonRiver
Feb 2021
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OregonBlue
(7,755 posts)1. I assume it's a very soft, almost silent P.
Towlie
(5,332 posts)2. It's silent like in "psychiatrist".
?
I think it's pronounced like Japanese rice wine.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)3. Is it "sacky" (rhymes with "lackey") or "sah-key" (rhymes with "hockey")
Cirque du So-What
(26,025 posts)4. Rhymes with 'Hockey'
Thats the most common pronunciation Ive heard.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)5. Thanks.
Norbert
(6,043 posts)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
(14,628 posts)7. It is now pronounced Saki
but for several years, before she joined Bidens 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 didnt challenge the networks to pronounce her name correctly. Or maybe she did and they ignored her.
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)8. Yes, that's what I remember too!
I'm fine either way, just wanted clarification. Thanks!