Chris and Spanish

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Spanish is an Indo-European language spoken by over 350,000,000 people worldwide, one of whom is Chris (arguably). He often uses Spanish in his videos and comics, as it was one of the few things that he learned at Manchester High School, however poorly. He often refers to himself by his Spanish name, Ricardo.

Chris is proud of his tenuous grasp of the Spanish language, but this has not prevented racism against Hispanics, creating a stereotypical babysitter in his comics and a highly stereotypical sombrero-wearing Pokémon called Espanolic, who "confuses its enemies with its language." Of note is that Chris has apparently learned the Castilian dialect of Spanish, unlike the Cuban that is taught in Florida or the Mexican that is taught in the southernmost states, as noted by his use of European terms like ascensor for "elevator" (instead of elevador), his use of pesetas for currency instead of pesos, as well as his pronouncing "W" as doble V instead of doble U.

Chris's "knowledge" of the language

Chris's actual grasp of the language must be inferred from various sources. At Manchester High School, Chris took two years (4 semesters) of Spanish. The Manchester High Leaks indicate that Chris had a basic grasp of Spanish Level 1 and possibly 2. His exact grades aren't known, but they were likely to be average. On Okcupid, Chris claimed to speak Spanish, and wrote a large section of his profile in it (which was riddled with mistakes). He also states that he speaks Spanish on his resume (but mentions that he has only taken 2 years). He also has written some Sonichu comic pages in Spanish. Chris seems confident in his Spanish, despite plentiful evidence suggesting his grasp of it is feeble - he frequently makes mistakes of grammar and tense, and only employs the most basic of verb conjugations.

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An improved version of the infamous Axe ad, made by a real Spanish speaker.

In Chris's July 29, 2009 video to our TRUE and HONEST hero, he displays his grasp on Spanish, although basic for the majority. It can be safely assumed he used online Spanish dictionaries for words he did not know. Another video involving Spanish is U8C43P2A37A8 y U8C1N023V0L (a weird 1337[1] Spanish title), in which he says "Love Sonichu" and "hate Asperchu" backwards in English, surrounded by a sentence in awkward Spanish. In another display of his Spanish, his old Spanish assignment to create a hotel was released online. This assignment is mostly just basic Spanish and not very advanced.

Ricardo Weston Chandler

Ricardo Weston Chandler is Chris's Spanish alter-ego. Presumably named in honor of Ricky Ricardo, a main character in I Love Lucy, one of Chris's favorite TV shows. This is a "Spanish name" Chris chose for Spanish class (a general practice in language classes where students will take a name in the language they're learning in order to "get into" the culture and language). Of course, while most people forget about this when they've left the course (or in some cases, even the teachers abandon the practice shortly into the course), Chris has adopted "Ricardo" as his actual Spanish name and uses it for his Spanish-related endeavors.

He is oblivious to the fact that in most European languages, people do not change their name when using a different language, but instead use the language's native form of the name, or transliterate it to fit the language's orthography. While Christian is actually a rather common name in Hispanic countries, if it were translated, his full name would be "Cristóbal Cristian Weston Velero" (alternatively, his middle name could be rendered "Huestón", as Spanish uses W only with loanwords). Of course it must be noted that Ricardo's linguistic skills have brought us gems such as noviophobia (from the Spanish novio, "boyfriend"). It should also be noted that Ricardo is the Spanish and Portuguese version of the name "Richard", which is sometimes shortened to "Dick".

Works in which CWC uses Spanish

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What would likely happen if Chris tried to exercise his skills in a Spanish-speaking country.

• CWC Update 29 July 2009
• CWC's Pokésite 2
• Hotel Ricky Ricardo
• IRC (03 January 2009)
• "La Cocina en La Casa de Casanova"
• "Valentines Day Hymn"
• His leaked Manchester High School homework
• Mumble 2
• OkCupid
• SingStar Challenge
• U8C43P2A37A8 y U8C1N023V0L
• Chris's letters to the Sonichu Girls
• El Café de Pokémon Pizzaria [sic]
• Christian's Favorite Hits: Los [sic] Canciónes [sic] Españolas de Ricardo
• Chris's e-mails with Katie Bay
• Facebook message to Christina
• CWC Speaks, an article on CWCipedia where he brags about his fluency in the language.
• Group Embargo on GameStop, Best Buy, and Simon Shopping Centers

See also

• Chris and English
• Heather Iglesias, a lesbian nanny who works for Sonichu and Rosechu