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'''Foreign words''' are often mispronounced, or at least pronounced in exaggerated ways, by various characters.
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Words with '''non-English pronunciations''' are often mispronounced based on their English spelling by the [[characters]] of the [[Homestar Runner universe]], usually by [[Strong Bad]].
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Other times, English words are given exaggerated, non-English pronunciations in an attempt to sound authentic to their foreign origins, usually by [[Strong Sad]]. This tendency of his has been referenced a few times; Strong Bad reminds him in [[Dad's Garage & Friends - 13 Jun 2015|Dad's Garage & Friends]] that "not every word has some dumb French pronunciation", and refers to it in [[Fan 'Stumes 2020]] as "try-to-pronounce-foreign-words-authentically-but-not-do-a-very-good-job-of-it".
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==Appearances==
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==Ignored Pronunciations==
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! Original Word !! How It Was Pronounced !! Standard Pronunciation !! Appears In !! Spoken By
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! width="10%"|Original word !! Source language || width="20%"|How it was pronounced !! width="20%"|Standard pronunciation !! width="20%"|Appears in !! width="20%"|Spoken by
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| '''résumé''' || French || reh·''zoom'' || ''reh''·zoo·may || [[The Interview]] || [[Homestar Runner]]
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| '''anime''' || ah·''nee''·may || ''ah''·nih·may || [[TrogdorCon '97]] || [[Strong Sad]]  
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| '''{{wp|chamois leather|chamois}}''' || French || sham·''oyce'', ''shim''·ee || ''sham''·wah || [[funny]], [[Podstar Runner 2008]] || [[Strong Bad]]
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| '''baklava''' || ba·ka·''la''·va, ba·ka·ma·''la''·va || ''bahk''·la·vah || [[Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon]] || Strong Sad ''(standard)'', [[Marzipan]]
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| '''{{w|gazebo}}''' || English || ''gayz''·boh || gah·''zee''·boh || [[3 Times Halloween Funjob]] || [[Strong Bad]]
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| '''chaperon'''<!-- NOT "chaperone" - chaperon is the male form --> || shah·pah·''rone'' (French accent), ''shap''·rone || ''shap''·er·own or ''shap''·air·own || Email [[senior prom]], [[8-Bit is Enough]] || Strong Sad, [[Gel-Arshie]]
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| '''se&ntilde;or''' || Spanish || seh·''nor'' || sen·''yor'' ||colspan=2|''Many {{--}} see main article [[Senor]]''
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| '''chez''' || chezz || ''shay'' || [[Date Nite]] || [[Homestar Runner]]
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| '''coup''' || French || ''koop'' || ''koo'' || Email [[car]] || Homestar Runner
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| '''eau''' || ''eww'' || ''oh'' || Email [[origins]], [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 13]] || [[Strong Bad]] ''(standard in Teen Girl Squad)''
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| '''eau''' || French || ''eww'' || ''oh'' || Email [[origins]] || Strong Bad
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| '''gazebo''' || ''gayz''·boh || gah·''say''·bo or gah·''zee''·boh|| [[The Luau]], [[3 Times Halloween Funjob]] || Homestar Runner (''standard''), [[Strong Bad]]
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| '''{{w|subpoena}}''' || Latin || sub·poe·''ee''·na || sub·''pee''·na || Email [[rampage]] || Strong Bad
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| '''[[haiku]]''' || hai·''oo''·koo || hai·''koo''|| [[Halloween Fairstival]] || Strong Bad
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| '''{{w|manga}}''' || Japanese || ''mag''·na || ''mahn''·ga || [[Trogdor Con '97]] || Homestar Runner
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| '''laissez-faire''' || ''lazy''·fair || lah·''say''·fair or lay·''zay''·fair || [[Strong Badia the Free]] || Strong Bad
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| '''chez''' || French || chezz || ''shay'' || [[Date Nite]] || Homestar Runner
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| '''macabre''' || macramé, ma·''cahb''·ruh, ma·ca·''ber'', ma·ca·''bré'' || mah·''kahb'' || [[Doomy Tales of the Macabre]] || Strong Sad, Homestar Runner, Strong Bad
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|'''[[lasagna]]''' || Italian || la·''zan''·ya || la·''zahn''·ya || [[DNA evidence]], [[business trip]] DVD commentary || [[Coach Z]], [[Homestar Runner]]
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| '''{{w|laissez-faire}}''' || French || ''lazy''·fair || lah·''say''·fair or lay·''zay''·fair || [[Strong Badia the Free]] || Strong Bad
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| '''manga''' || ''mag''·na || ''mahn''·ga || [[TrogdorCon '97]] || Homestar Runner
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| '''{{w|prosciutto}}''' || Italian || pres·''quee''·toe || pruh·''shoo''·tow || [[fan club]] DVD commentary || Strong Bad, Homestar Runner
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| '''rendezvous''' || ''ren''·dez·voooooo·ses || ''ron''·day·vou || Email [[origins]] || Strong Bad
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| '''{{w|macabre}}''' || French || macramé, ma·''ca''·ber, ma·ca·''bré'' || mah·''kahb'' || [[Doomy Tales of the Macabre]] || Homestar Runner, Strong Bad
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| '''se&ntilde;or''' || seh·''nor'' || sen·''yor'' || Email [[kind of cool]], Email [[pop-up]], [[Senor Mortgage]], [[Senorial Day]], Email [[alternate universe]] || Many &mdash; see main article [[Senor]].
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| '''{{w|monsieur}}''' || French || mon·soor || mis·''see''ur || [[Fan 'Stumes 2019]] || Strong Bad, [[Coach Z]]
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| '''subpoena''' || sub·poe·''ee''·nah || sub·''pee''·na || Email [[rampage]] || Strong Bad
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==Exaggerated Pronunciations==
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| '''{{w|ukulele}}''' || Hawaiian || oo·koo·''lay''·lay || yoo·koo·''lay''·lee || [[The Luau]] || [[Marzipan]] ''(multiple times)''
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| '''r&eacute;sum&eacute;''' || reh·''zoom'' || ''reh''·zoo·may || [[The Interview]] || Homestar Runner
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| '''{{w|baklava}}''' || Turkish || ba·ka·''la''·va, ba·ka·ma·''la''·va || ''bahk''·la·vah || [[Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon]] || Marzipan
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| '''ukelele''' || oo·koo·''lay''·lay || yoo·koo·''lay''·lee || [[The Luau]] || Marzipan ''(multiple times)''
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| '''[[haiku]]''' || Japanese || hai·''oo''·koo || hai·''koo''|| [[Halloween Fairstival]] || Strong Bad
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| '''rendezvous''' || French || ''ron''·day·voooooo·ses || ''ron''·day·vou || Email [[origins]] || Strong Bad
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| '''[[anime]]''' || Japanese || ah·''nee''·may || ''ah''·nih·may ||  [[Trogdor Con '97]] || [[Strong Sad]]
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| '''{{w|Chaperone (social)|chaperon}}'''<!-- NOT "chaperone" - chaperon is the male form --> || French || shah·pah·''rone'' (French accent) || ''shap''·er·own || Email [[senior prom]] || Strong Sad
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| '''instrument''' || English || in·struh·''mohnt'' || ''in''·struh·ment || [[Strong Badia the Free]] || Strong Sad
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| '''{{w|thermometer}}''' || English || ther·mom·e·''teur'' || ther·''mom''·et·er || [[Strong Badia the Free]] || Strong Sad
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| '''menace''' || English || men·''ah''·chay || ''men''·iss || [[Strong Badia the Free]] || Narrator<br>''(mistakenly reading it as an Italian word)''
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| '''{{w|macabre}}''' || French || ma·''cahb''·ruh || mah·''kahb'' || [[Doomy Tales of the Macabre]] || Strong Sad
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| '''troupe''' || French || troop·''ay'' || ''troop'' || [[Dad's Garage & Friends - 13 Jun 2015]] || Strong Sad
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| '''{{w|machete}}''' || Spanish || ma·''shet''·eh || ma·''shet''·ee || [[The House That Gave Sucky Tricks]] || Strong Sad
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| '''{{w|Hercule Poirot}}''' || French<!--the character is Belgian, but he speaks French--> || A·''cue'' ''Pwar''·o, A·''cool'' ''Pwagh''·chho || Her·''kyool'' ''Pwah''·roh || [[Haunted Photo Booth]] || Strong Sad
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| '''{{w|Tove Jansson}}''' || Swedish || ''too''·vuh ''yahn''·son || ''(correctly, but with overly stressed intonation)'' || [[The Homestar Runner Enters the Spooky Woods]] || Strong Sad
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| '''{{w|Långstrump}}''' || Swedish || Long·''stroomp'' || ''Long''·strump || [[Fan 'Stumes 2020]] || Strong Sad
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==See Also==
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==See also==
*[[French]]
*[[French]]
*[[German]]
*[[German]]

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