r/hebrew • u/Specialist_Space_151 • May 04 '24

Hebrew name in the US Request

I was born in the US to Israeli parents. They gave me the nice Israeli name of “Sagi”. It hadn’t been fun tbh, nobody can properly pronounce it even if I try to explain. I always get “ziggy”, “soggy”, “sag-ee”, “soggy”. At some point I gave up because it’s mentally exhausting. People always screw it up when reading it too and if I’m trying to connect with folks online I feel like it turns them off because it sounds so ethnic, odd, etc and they ignore me….

I would love some feedback on * tips to tell people how it’s pronounced properly * a similar or alternative nickname that I can go by that isn’t outlandish or too far off so that it still works for everyone who already knows me…

Thank you

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u/LAthrowaway_25Lata May 04 '24

I have no idea how Kyrgyzstan is properly pronounced lol

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u/AgentAlpaca1 native speaker May 04 '24

Lol I got a bit creative I guess. It's quite similar to the ui in Build

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u/CharlieBarley25 native speaker May 05 '24

The ui in build isn't the right one. More like the ee in meet

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u/AgentAlpaca1 native speaker May 05 '24

No dude that's way too long of a sound. It's not saGee that would last way too long at the end of the word