This is how you say Sukhjit!

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Posted on: August 28, 2009

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This is how you say Sukhjit!

How the heck do you say Sukhjit? That’s a question I get almost daily. Phonetically I say it’s sook-jeet… got it? Sook-jeet.

I think it’s probably easier to hear it than to read it so here’s a fantastic video done by my friend Derek Overbey with a collection of awesome friends saying it correctly! (I’ll be adding everyone’s name here shortly!)

My dear friend Otir made a video with her two son’s! Otir is French, so her annunciation has a certain French flair! Hats off to her boys too.

See! It’s not so bad, now you try… press do a video response on the viddler video player! Press the + in the bottom right corner of the featured video at the top of the page to add a video comment.

Last but not least, here is a “vintage” video of how to say sook-jeet. This video is from my first week on Seesmic!

  • http://masamuneto.fr/ masa

    excellent, how to tell your name :-D

  • http://twitter.com/sukhjit sukhjit

    Thanks for checking it out @masamuneto! If you can, you should leave a video reply via the viddler player.. would be fun to get some international ways of saying sook-jeet.

  • http://blog.roost.com Derek Overbey

    I'm so glad you got a kick out of this Sukhjit! I think the world of you and this is why I do what I do. See ya soon!

    D

  • http://twitter.com/sukhjit sukhjit

    @doverbey I absolutely LUV the video you did! It made my day. I am going to do some stuff with it and have it live on my about page! Also, I want to make sure to thank the brave souls who said sook-jeet. Many I know, but there's a few I don't. Do you have twitter names you can share with me? –sukhjit ((BIG HUGS 2 u))

  • ChazFrench

    That is so awesome!

  • chaeseco

    your name means “brings happiness” that's awesome. =)

  • http://twitter.com/sukhjit sukhjit

    @Chazfrench! You like this video? I have to say, I like it a lot too! I didn't know what my folks would do and they both had something cute to contribute! Good memories!

  • guodan
  • http://twitter.com/lupin_bebop The Don

    I still pronounced it wrong. >.< I can't believe I started a trend of mispronunciation >.<”

  • Jane

    That was cute! I thought the pronunciation of your name was soook jit, and I like the way you embody the happiness of your name. Hi, I'm Jane, friend of Joe Aleo's who hooked me up to your site. I hope San Diego is all that and more for you, Soooook Jeet :) Have a great day!

  • http://twitter.com/sukhjit sukhjit

    Jane! Great to meet you and thanks for leaving a couple comments on my site. I really love to see when someone new has stopped by.. I'll have to thank Joe for pointing you this way.

    Yeah, my whole life, my name has been a challenge. I remember being in school as a kid and feeling great anxiety when the teacher was doing roll call. My heart would race when I knew it was coming to my name. I've had many people say I should get a nickname, but somewhere along the line I just found that I'm Sukhjit, and just Sukhjit and no other name would do. T be honest, it's kind of fun to teach people to say it correctly. =) Thanks again for stopping by!

    Sukhjit

  • http://twitter.com/sukhjit sukhjit

    =) But I love that you did! PS Sorry for the SUPER DUPER late reply!

  • http://twitter.com/sukhjit sukhjit

    =)

  • janevf@earthlink.net

    Next question: ghag … your last name is it … zggg-hag? I've been called “floors”, “flore-ezz”, and other combinations of simply “FLORES”

    .. anyhow, curiouser and curiouser…

    you're inspiring me to do my own video blog! I love technology! (after I saw your piece on gurutube.net) … and am in the beginnings of documenting my parent's 50 years together: their struggle as farmers to come to the states, and their happiness, joys, and disappointments being here in USA where I was born. This way I can learn more about how the digicam works and things I need to be aware of: lighting, sound, etc … anyhow, thanks for being out there Sook-Jeet! There I said it.

    ~janeVF

  • http://twitter.com/sukhjit sukhjit

    Jane, I would love to help you get started video blogging.. let me know. As for my last name.. it's actually more challenging than my first name! I think I may have to do a video to show you how it's pronounced too!

  • http://www.113dir.com/info tonyknuckles

    cool beans for all involved.

  • Jane Flores

    Sukhjit, thanks for your offer of help. I am sure you will be hearing from me in the next couple weeks. This is my last week of school and next week is finals time. I won't have a problem with equipment…to me its content that I'm wondering about. How do I engage an Internet audience for X amount of time? What do I say? How do I keep things upbeat and capturing? I have a friend who was a producer that I want to tap him for suggestions. You are welcome to give me any suggestions due to your vast knowledge in communications.

    In the meantime, I've got to finish this database….at least it's not preCalculus…that's tomorrow.

    goodNite

    ~janeVF

  • http://www.113dir.com/info tonyknuckles

    cool beans for all involved.

  • Jane Flores

    Sukhjit, thanks for your offer of help. I am sure you will be hearing from me in the next couple weeks. This is my last week of school and next week is finals time. I won't have a problem with equipment…to me its content that I'm wondering about. How do I engage an Internet audience for X amount of time? What do I say? How do I keep things upbeat and capturing? I have a friend who was a producer that I want to tap him for suggestions. You are welcome to give me any suggestions due to your vast knowledge in communications.

    In the meantime, I've got to finish this database….at least it's not preCalculus…that's tomorrow.

    goodNite

    ~janeVF

  • shawncreed

    Hey Sukhjit, “so you don't prenounce the J right?” Lol, I actually figured it out after listening to the recording of our interview and laughed. Anyways just posting to say hey and thank you again. Hope all is well.

  • Sukhjit

    Thanks…. it will help me too… to teach people how to pronounce the name