why does Matthews (tweety) pronounce it "cheeee-knee"

[Mend]

how can you mis-pronounce the name of the vice-president? I hope that means he can't stand him.

[MADem]

1. Because, as someone who knew the bastard when he was SECDEF,

that IS the correct pronounciation of the bum's name.

[Ron Green]

2. I seem to recall that's the way Dick and Lynne pronounce it.

[LSparkle]

19. Which means Tweety is pressing his lips to both their buttocks ...

every time he says "CHEE-NEE".

ICK!

[City Lights]

3. Because that's the correct pronunciation.

It's the rest of us pronouncing it wrong.

[tridim]

5. I pronounce his name, "The Dick"

Because he is.

[City Lights]

10. The correct pronunciation is, The Dick of Death.

:evilgrin:

[yardwork]

16. But cheney segues to "chainsaw" so easily

[progdonkey]

4. that's how the Cheneys actually pronounce it...

I don't know why everyone else (in the media) pronounced it Chay-nee in 2000, since I--and I assume all other Americans--wouldn't have had a clue or cared either way.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

20. I would

but only because a local realtor is named Richard Chaney (note spelling difference--and yes, it is pronounced "CHAY nee"). I was at work one day, and had just gotten off my DU break when I got a call, "This is Richard Chaney,".....interesting way to meet someone (and nearly have a heart attack!)

[WinkyDink]

6. The family aside, it isn't the way anyone else, including the President, pronounces it.

And it sounds stoooopid. But whatevah!

It's like that dopey "90210" actor pronouncing his first name "Eye-an" instead of "Ian".

[MANative]

7. I heard Tweety actually say something about

this on Hardball in the last couple of weeks. He said something like "...and VP 'Cheeney' which is, by the way, how he pronounces his name...."

[Lex]

8. If it's Chee-ney like Chee-se, they should spell it like that, then.

IMHO.

:hi:

[madokie]

9. my last name is maner, my family pronounces it ma ner while my cousins pronounce it man er

[blitzen]

11. "Chee-knee" is correct...Tweety is subtly reminding us that Dick

can't even tell the truth about his own name.

[devilgrrl]

12. Does he say it or SPRAY it?

:spray:cheeeee neeeeee:spray:

[DemBones DemBones]

22. . . .

:rofl:

[Initech]

13. Probably the same reason Bush pronounces it "nu-kewl-ar"

[spanone]

14. I've heard him explain that this is the actual pronunciation. But, but why pronounce it differently?

don't make much sense.

[hlthe2b]

15. Yes.. that is correct, but virtually no one pronounces it this way

Except for close friends of the cyborg in Wyoming...:eyes:

[jedr]

17. People from Pa. tend to draw out their vowels;

Hailing from Philly , he may have a bit of that.... Much like the Canadian oout'.

[TahitiNut]

18. There are apparently many ways to pronounce "maggot feces."

:shrug:

[Mend]

21. You guys are the best...I had no idea as 299,999,995 people

say "chaney"....it definitely sounds cheesy his way.

[DemBones DemBones]

23. A better question is why does * pronounce it chain ee?

If the Cheneys themselves pronounce it "chee nee'?

When people mispronounce my surname, I correct them. It's my opinion that if you're not sure how to pronounce a name, you should ask.