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	''This article is about the misuse of the Spanish word ~~"~~Señor~~"~~.'' ''For the blue [[Storybook Characters\|storybook character]], see [[Señor]].'' ''For the mortgage broker and used car salesman, see [[Senor Cardgage]].''		''This article is about the misuse of the Spanish word "Señor".'' ''For the blue [[Storybook Characters\|storybook character]], see [[Señor]].'' ''For the mortgage broker and used car salesman, see [[Senor Cardgage]].''

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	~~<div class=~~"~~thumbinner~~" ~~style="width:182px;">~~		''"Mister Senor, sir? Can I have my football back?"''

	[[~~File:Mister Senor Sir~~.~~PNG\|~~[[~~File:Mister_Senor_Sir.PNG~~\|~~180px\|thumb~~]]]]		The word '''senor''' is a common misuse of the [[Spanish]] word "señor". The difference in pronunciation comes from the lack of a [[Tilde\|tilde]] over the '''n''' — with the tilde, the word is pronounced "seh-nyor", and translates to "Mister" or "Sir" in English. Without the tilde, the word is pronounced "seh-nor" and has no particular meaning.
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	~~<div class=~~"~~magnify~~">		One of the original [[Storybook Characters\|storybook characters]] was named [[Señor]]. This character's name is almost always spelled correctly (with the tilde) each time it has appeared in print, and it has also been pronounced correctly (as "seh-nyor") by both [[Strong Bad]] and [[The Prince of Town]]. This shows that Strong Bad does indeed know how to pronounce "señor", as recently as the email [[origins]].

	[[~~File:Mister~~ Senor ~~Sir~~.~~PNG\|~~[[~~File:magnify-clip.png\|15px\|thumb]]~~]]		In the email [[kind of cool]], [[Strong Sad]] refers to [[Senor Cardgage]] as "Seh-nyor" Cardgage, pronouncing his name in the same way as above. However, Strong Bad then pronounces his name as "Seh-nor", and he has been doing so ever since. He also consistently spells the name without the tilde. Senor Cardgage uses the word "senor" himself, thus proving that this is his official name. This has even given rise to a spoof holiday, [[Senorial Day]].

	~~</div>~~		Regardless of Senor Cardgage's name, Strong Bad shows a more general trend of using "senor" in other contexts as well. For example, in the email [[pop-up]], he refers to himself as "Senor Muybueno" (which loosely translates to "Mr. Verygood"). Given his vaguely Mexican heritage, this seems particularly ironic. He also claims to have crashed his fair share of "senor proms" in [[senior prom]]. In [[Baddest of the Bands]], Strong Bad calls the [[FunMachine]] "Senor FunMachine".
	~~"Mister~~ Senor, ~~sir? Can I~~ have ~~my football back?"~~

	~~</div>~~		In [[Senorial Day]] and [[A Decemberween Mackerel]], characters call Senor Cardgage "Mister Senor", which is misusing the word and literally means "Mister Mister".
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	The word '''senor''' is a common misuse of the [[Spanish]] word "señor". The difference in pronunciation comes from the lack of a [[Tilde\|tilde]] over the '''n''' — with the tilde, the word is pronounced "seh-nyor", and translates to "Mister" or "Sir" in English. Without the tilde, the word is pronounced "seh-nor" and has no particular meaning.

	One of the original [[Storybook Characters\|storybook characters]] was named [[Señor]]. This character's name is almost always spelled correctly (with the tilde) each time it has appeared in print, and it has also been pronounced correctly (as "seh-nyor") by both [[Strong Bad]] and [[The Prince of Town]]. This shows that Strong Bad does indeed know how to pronounce "señor", as recently as the email [[origins]].

	In the email [[kind of cool]], [[Strong Sad]] refers to [[Senor Cardgage]] as "Seh-nyor" Cardgage, pronouncing his name in the same way as above. However, Strong Bad then pronounces his name as "Seh-nor", and he has been doing so ever since. He also consistently spells the name without the tilde. Senor Cardgage uses the word "senor" himself, thus proving that this is his official name. This has even given rise to a spoof holiday, [[Senorial Day]].

	Regardless of Senor Cardgage's name, Strong Bad shows a more general trend of using "senor" in other contexts as well. For example, in the email [[pop-up]], he refers to himself as "Senor Muybueno" (which loosely translates to "Mr. Verygood"). Given his vaguely Mexican heritage, this seems particularly ironic. He also claims to have crashed his fair share of "senor proms" in [[senior prom]]. In [[Baddest of the Bands]], Strong Bad calls the [[FunMachine]] "Senor FunMachine".

	In [[Senorial Day]] and [[A Decemberween Mackerel]], characters call Senor Cardgage ~~"~~Mister Senor~~"~~, which is misusing the word and literally means ~~"~~Mister Mister~~"~~.

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''This article is about the misuse of the Spanish word "Señor".'' ''For the blue [[Storybook Characters|storybook character]], see [[Señor]].'' ''For the mortgage broker and used car salesman, see [[Senor Cardgage]].''

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[[File:Mister Senor Sir.PNG|[[File:Mister_Senor_Sir.PNG|180px|thumb]]]]
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[[File:Mister Senor Sir.PNG|[[File:magnify-clip.png|15px|thumb]]]]

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"Mister Senor, sir? Can I have my football back?"

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The word '''senor''' is a common misuse of the [[Spanish]] word "señor". The difference in pronunciation comes from the lack of a [[Tilde|tilde]] over the '''n''' — with the tilde, the word is pronounced "seh-nyor", and translates to "Mister" or "Sir" in English. Without the tilde, the word is pronounced "seh-nor" and has no particular meaning.

One of the original [[Storybook Characters|storybook characters]] was named [[Señor]]. This character's name is almost always spelled correctly (with the tilde) each time it has appeared in print, and it has also been pronounced correctly (as "seh-nyor") by both [[Strong Bad]] and [[The Prince of Town]]. This shows that Strong Bad does indeed know how to pronounce "señor", as recently as the email [[origins]].

In the email [[kind of cool]], [[Strong Sad]] refers to [[Senor Cardgage]] as "Seh-nyor" Cardgage, pronouncing his name in the same way as above. However, Strong Bad then pronounces his name as "Seh-nor", and he has been doing so ever since. He also consistently spells the name without the tilde. Senor Cardgage uses the word "senor" himself, thus proving that this is his official name. This has even given rise to a spoof holiday, [[Senorial Day]].

Regardless of Senor Cardgage's name, Strong Bad shows a more general trend of using "senor" in other contexts as well. For example, in the email [[pop-up]], he refers to himself as "Senor Muybueno" (which loosely translates to "Mr. Verygood"). Given his vaguely Mexican heritage, this seems particularly ironic. He also claims to have crashed his fair share of "senor proms" in [[senior prom]]. In [[Baddest of the Bands]], Strong Bad calls the [[FunMachine]] "Senor FunMachine".

In [[Senorial Day]] and [[A Decemberween Mackerel]], characters call Senor Cardgage "Mister Senor", which is misusing the word and literally means "Mister Mister".

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