chris matthews just said 'it's pronounced 'chee-knee' by the way'

[spanone]

excuse me chris, but i watched the evil spawn of cheney tell the teevee audience it was pronounced 'chay-nee'...video of her on the mourning ho shohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TkKUHjvLsA

i really don't get this odd obsession

[Tangerine LaBamba]

1. I don't watch him anymore -

I'm sick of that pronunciation. It just make me think that Tweety is fellating CheeKnee, begging for his approval by "pronouncing that honored family name correctly."

No loss as far as I'm concerned. Tweety's far too spastic for me..................................

[Captain Hilts]

2. Kids often do not pronounce their name the way parents do. I, too, was told it was Chee-knee.

If Liz wants 'Chay-knee', then she should be addressed that way.

[spanone]

4. chris has been corrected by ms cheney herself. don't get it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TkKUHjvLsA

[Captain Hilts]

11. I worked with Rs and was told it was Chee-knee. But there are more important causes....nt

[spanone]

14. i would hope so

[Tx4obama]

29. spanone

Listen you the link you posted.
At the 30 second mark Mrs. Lynn Cheney explains that it is pronounced CHEE-KNEE

[spanone]

34. so who do we believe? i've never heard anyone call him cheeknee in all the years reporting on him

only the tweetster

[Tx4obama]

3. Everyday...

Chris says that almost everyday.. it's nothing new.
The reason he says it that way is because that is how Mrs. Lynn Cheney told him it is pronounced.

[spanone]

5. here's liz, why would she pronounce it different from her parents?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TkKUHjvLsA

[Captain Hilts]

12. That's not unusual. I don't pronounce my last name as my parents do because it

is FAR more likely to be mis-spelled if you say it their way.

That said, when I lived in Canada, I pronounced it correctly because it's Scottish and more common up there.

[spanone]

19. yes, but i've never heard ANYONE pronounce it chee-knee but matthews

no one....not one other reporter.

[babylonsister]

6. He's so weird about that, but it makes me laugh, too.

:)

[gateley]

7. And I saw Mrs. Cheney say it's pronounced 'chee-knee'.

It's like Cuba Gooding, Jr. said his name was pronounced "kooba", but I saw an interview with his dad who kept referring to him a Cuba (like the country) -- and he was Cuba Gooding Sr!

Maybe spawn just said it because she can't stand for Tweety to be right? :shrug:

[shanti]

8. really...

well, i prounounce it ASS-HOLE.

[spanone]

9. b i n g o

[gateley]

10. Bwah! I think you've got the most accurate pronunciation! nt

[mitchum]

13. It's actually pronounced "criminal sack of shit"

[madokie]

15. Convict is how I say it

[spanone]

16. a turd by any other name is still a cheney

[BlueIdaho]

17. Asshole

I have it from an unimpeachable source its pronounced asshole.

[Andy823]

18. Well....

If you use the "chee-knee" way to pronounce it, then it works well when you say "chee-knee" the "wee-knee"! :evilgrin:

[Bjorn Against]

33. Dick Weenie that is

[Javaman]

20. Huh, I thought it was pronouced: ASS-HOLE. nt

[Enrique]

21. they keep changing their stories

even about how their name is pronounced.

[Mudoria]

22. I think Chris does that as an unsubtle way of insulting the Dick..

[nc4bo]

23. I gotta write Matthews and let him know that as far as I'm concerned, Chain-nee is a Dick.

It IS his name afterall and suits him much better.

And Matthews has got to be the biggest asskisser ever. He's too full of himself to be embarrassed so I'll just gon on and be embarrassed for him.

As far as I'm concerned, the former VP of the U.S. will always be CHAIN-NEEE.

[Stinky The Clown]

24. He pitches that bullshit every time he mentions The Dick

It is bullshit. You are quite correct about the Evil pawn's statement. I saw and heard it myownself with my own eyes and my own ears. He just likes to play "Insider". It is a direct result of his pathological self-aggrandizement.

Matthews: Self-absorbed Gasbag.

[housewolf]

25. Whatever they say, it's wrong english to prohounce it that way!

Look at any word starting with che where the e is followed by a consenant - chestnut, chest, chef, check, chemistry, cherry, cherub... the che is always pronounced with the soft "e" that sounds like "ay", not a hard "e" that sounds like the letter "e". Where che is followed by a vowel, it's a hard "e" that sounds like "ee" - cheap, cheat, cheek.

Even IF the Cheney's themselves pronounce their name "Cheeney", they're wrong (as they are about SOOOOO many things!). Proper pronounciation of "Cheney" is with the soft e "chay-nee".

Even if Chis Matthews wants to imitate the Cheney's improper use.

[Rocky Sullivan]

26. "wrong english" lol. Is Cheney an English word? n/t

[damntexdem]

27. It's also pronounced 'twee-tee'!

But what, you want obsessions to not be odd, or something?

[Tx4obama]

28. Here is audio of LYNN Cheney saying CHEE-KNEE

Lynn says it IS Chee-Knee

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TkKUHjvLsA

the first part is Liz saying ChAknee -- then Lynn the clip goes into the interview on NPR with Mrs. Lynn Cheney explaining it is CHEE-KNEE.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TkKUHjvLsA

[laughingliberal]

30. I saw Matthews interview Lynn Cheney years ago and he asked her

she said it is pronounced chee-knee but that they don't make a big deal out of it. I guess she didn't want to mention the pronunciation, 'asshole' or 'dickhead'

[nc4bo]

31. So Matthews has Charles Cook on. So I look up Mr. Cook on wikipedia

(because I really no nothing about him) and amongst the descriptions there, I find that he claims to be non-partisan in his analysis. Ok, fine.

Well if that's the case, why did Mr. Cook just call the Democratic Party, the Democrat Party?

Heck of a slip I thought.

:shrug: No biggie, it's just something that made me go: Hmmmmmmmmmmm.

[Bjorn Against]

32. The maiden name of one of my good friends is Cheney and she insists the name is pronounced chee-knee

Chris Matthews is right, but Cheney pronounces his name incorrectly because he doesn't want people to figure out what it rhymes with. I think a lot more people would be calling him Dick Weenie if they knew the correct pronunciation of his name.