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Mend Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-09-07 04:52 PM
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why does Matthews (tweety) pronounce it "cheeee-knee"
how can you mis-pronounce the name of the vice-president? I hope that means he can't stand him.
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MADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-09-07 04:55 PM
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1. Because, as someone who knew the bastard when he was SECDEF,
that IS the correct pronounciation of the bum's name.
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Ron Green Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-09-07 04:55 PM
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2. I seem to recall that's the way Dick and Lynne pronounce it.
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LSparkle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-09-07 05:26 PM
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19. Which means Tweety is pressing his lips to both their buttocks ...
every time he says "CHEE-NEE".

ICK!
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City Lights Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-09-07 04:55 PM
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3. Because that's the correct pronunciation.
It's the rest of us pronouncing it wrong.
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tridim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-09-07 04:57 PM
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5. I pronounce his name, "The Dick"
Because he is.
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City Lights Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-09-07 05:08 PM
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10. The correct pronunciation is, The Dick of Death.
:evilgrin:
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yardwork Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-09-07 05:18 PM
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16. But cheney segues to "chainsaw" so easily
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progdonkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-09-07 04:56 PM
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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.
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ayeshahaqqiqa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-09-07 07:07 PM
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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!)
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WinkyDink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-09-07 04:57 PM
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6. The family aside, it isn't the way anyone else, including the President, pronounces it.
Edited on Fri Mar-09-07 05:00 PM by WinkyDink
And it sounds stoooopid. But whatevah!

It's like that dopey "90210" actor pronouncing his first name "Eye-an" instead of "Ian".
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MANative Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-09-07 04:57 PM
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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...."
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Lex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-09-07 05:00 PM
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8. If it's Chee-ney like Chee-se, they should spell it like that, then.
IMHO.

:hi:
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madokie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-09-07 05:05 PM
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9. my last name is maner, my family pronounces it ma ner while my cousins pronounce it man er
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blitzen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-09-07 05:09 PM
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11. "Chee-knee" is correct...Tweety is subtly reminding us that Dick
can't even tell the truth about his own name.
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devilgrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-09-07 05:14 PM
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12. Does he say it or SPRAY it?
:spray:cheeeee neeeeee:spray:
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DemBones DemBones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-09-07 07:23 PM
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22. . . .

:rofl:
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-09-07 05:14 PM
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13. Probably the same reason Bush pronounces it "nu-kewl-ar"
Edited on Fri Mar-09-07 05:14 PM by EOO
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-09-07 05:16 PM
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14. I've heard him explain that this is the actual pronunciation. But, but why pronounce it differently?
Edited on Fri Mar-09-07 05:17 PM by spanone
don't make much sense.
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hlthe2b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-09-07 05:17 PM
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15. Yes.. that is correct, but virtually no one pronounces it this way
Except for close friends of the cyborg in Wyoming...:eyes:
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jedr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-09-07 05:23 PM
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17. People from Pa. tend to draw out their vowels;
Edited on Fri Mar-09-07 05:26 PM by jedr
Hailing from Philly , he may have a bit of that.... Much like the Canadian oout'.
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TahitiNut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-09-07 05:24 PM
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18. There are apparently many ways to pronounce "maggot feces."
:shrug:
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Mend Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-09-07 07:20 PM
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21. You guys are the best...I had no idea as 299,999,995 people
say "chaney"....it definitely sounds cheesy his way.
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DemBones DemBones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-09-07 07:31 PM
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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.
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