Say That Again?

On the CBS news broadcast last night, they aired a short segment about the outcome of the Dutch referendum on the European constitution. More of a mention than an actual report, it simply noted that voters soundly defeated the proposed constitutional treaty. The amusing thing is that John Roberts, the guy who was filling in for Bob Schieffer, misprounouced the Dutch word for "no". He said something like, "Dutch voters said 'nee' to the EU constitution." The word 'nee' is pronounced 'nay' but he said 'knee'. I'm sure not many viewers noticed. But my wife, being Dutch, certainly did. It's all I heard about for the rest of the night. With all of the hassle she has been getting from the immigration department over the past year, she is getting pretty pissed off at the way this country operates and I don't blame her. But if news media feel the need to chuck foreign words into a report, the least they could do is to get someone to check on the pronunciation first.