Media Matters catches a funny one: Liz Cheney is taking Chris Matthews to task for mispronouncing her surname...but according to Lynne Cheney, Matthews is right — Cheney does rhyme with "meanie" (as opposed to "rainy").
Transcript below the fold.
Video transcript:
[HARDBALL, 5/21/09]
MATTHEWS: Back to today’s main event, former Vice President Dick Chee-ney, and that’s how the family pronounces it...
[MORNING JOE, 5/22/09]
GEIST: We need to set the record straight on something. Chris Matthews says it’s pronounced "Chee-ney" and the family pronounces it that way. Liz Chaney, how do you pronounce your last name?
LIZ CHENEY: I pronounce it "Chain-ey". And it has been quite sometime, maybe ever since Matthews was at any Cheney family events.
[THE DIANE REHM SHOW, October 16, 2007]
REHM: So you pronounce it at this point as "Chee-ney"?
CHENEY: Yes, and Dick’s family always has said "Chee-ney." Most people say "Chain-ey", I think it’s out of politeness. They think it sounds better maybe. There are some family members who say Cheney, but for us it’s always been Chee-ney. People just don’t hear it. That’s very interesting that you caught it.