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MoonRiver

(36,975 posts) Mon Feb 1, 2021, 04:07 PM Feb 2021

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 [View all] MoonRiver Feb 2021 OP

I assume it's a very soft, almost silent P. OregonBlue Feb 2021 #1

It's silent like in "psychiatrist". Towlie Feb 2021 #2

Is it "sacky" (rhymes with "lackey") or "sah-key" (rhymes with "hockey") NurseJackie Feb 2021 #3

Rhymes with 'Hockey' Cirque du So-What Feb 2021 #4

Thanks. NurseJackie Feb 2021 #5

We had a baseball pitcher for the Reds named Johnny Tsitouris Norbert Feb 2021 #6

It is now pronounced Saki fleur-de-lisa Feb 2021 #7

Yes, that's what I remember too! MoonRiver Feb 2021 #8