Saake Pronunciation Guide
My name is Jennifer because my mom watched a movie and found the heroine's name, one she hadn't heard before, to be "pretty and exotic" . There were 6 Jennifer s in my circa 1970s first grade class. I guess all of our moms must have watched that same movie. Our family pronounces Saake as sounding like the two short words " say " (utter words) and " key " (unlock tool). For all the doctor's receptionists who struggle to know how to pronounce our last name (no, it does not sound like a Japanese fermented drink), don't worry, we don't even all agree - my social media "name twin" says that her last name "rhymes with wacky," even though our written names are both Jennifer Saake , spelled exactly alike. Before he gave me his last name ("say"-"key"), Rick and his family told me that Saake is Finnish . Apparently, any time a name has a doubled identical vowel that g...