Non-English Pronunciations

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Foreign words are often mispronounced, or at least pronounced in exaggerated ways, by various characters.

Appearances

Original Word	How It Was Pronounced	Appears In	Spoken By
anime	ah·nee·may	TrogdorCon '97	Strong Sad
baklava	ba·ka·la·va, ba·ka·ma·la·va	Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon	Strong Sad (correctly), Marzipan
gazebo	ga·ze·boh	3 Times Halloween Funjob	Strong Bad
haiku	hai·oo·koo	Halloween Fairstival	Strong Bad
manga	mag·na	TrogdorCon '97	Homestar Runner
rendezvous	ren·dez·vouuuu·ses	Email origins	Strong Bad
résumé	reh·zoom	The Interview	Homestar Runner
ukelele	oo·koo·lay·lay	The Luau	Marzipan (multiple times)

Señor vs. Senor

A special case is "señor", which is said and written frequently and seems to be mispronounced and misspelled randomly, but with an amusing consistency. For example, the name of the obsolete character Señor has been spelled properly (with the tilde) almost every time it has appeared in print. It has also always been pronounced correctly (as "seh-nyor"), by both Strong Bad and the King of Town, proving that Strong Bad does indeed know how to pronounce "Señor", as recently as the email origins.

The first mention of the name Senor Cardgage, by Strong Sad, was also pronounced this way. However, Strong Bad then pronounced it as "seh-nor", and has been doing so ever since. He also persistently spells it without the tilde. This spelling and pronunciation have become standard for all of Senor Cardgage's later appearances, as though Senor were his name rather than a title. Cardgage himself uses this pronunciation, and it even spawned a spoof holiday, Senorial Day.

At this point, Strong Bad seems to have forgotten that he ever knew how to pronounce Señor. His mispronunciation continued when he referred to a depiction of himself in his made-up pop-up book as "Senor Muybueno". Given Strong Bad's vaguely Mexican heritage, it's an ironic trend.