Chris and English

Chris has no idea what this is.

Chris's communication skills, like most other things related to Chris, leave much to be desired. Much of this can be attributed to his autism, which often results in awkward speech patterns.^{[citation needed]} Chris spent years of his childhood mute, and took speech therapy classes at James Madison University. His grasp of English actually appears to have grown weaker over recent years, probably due to how little real interaction he has with others.

CWC-isms

As noted in the main article, Chris has a tendency to make up his own words for things, then use them with reckless abandon while assuming whoever is reading will be able to understand exactly what he means. As such, we get terms like "B-dog" and "noviophobia." He also tends to appropriate existing words, giving them new meanings based entirely on his own skewed logic. This is why, in Chris-speak navy isn't a sea-based military force and China isn't an Asian nation.

In the case of words like "da," Chris might be trying to take a pass at using slang to sound casual and relaxed. He ends up sounding like a marketing executive grasping desperately for credibility. Other famous CWC-isms like "tobacky", "niggos", and "gaybian," are the result of a different problem altogether: Chris is a wussy manchild, who can't even say out loud the names of objects or concepts which he finds repulsive. This is quite indicative of how immature he is.

These CWC-isms combine with his existing speech problems and his accent to form what you might call logorrhoea, literally "word flux". Basically, it's verbal diarrhea: a constant stream of almost-words reaching desperately for meaning, only to fail hard-style.

“	if I could have it my way, I'd make it illegal and forbidden to have homo Men; women are safe. Also, I would have the secondary definition of the word "gay", being Homosexual, REMOVED from the word in the dictionaries, and all instinctions and sayings of the word will ONLY LEGALLY be used to mean HAPPY, as it was originally intended among songs like "Deck the Halls"	”
Chris, 02 January 2009, 11:59

As you can see in the above quote, this abuse of language isn't limited to just the commonplace CWC-isms we've come to know and tolerate. “Instinctions” is a word Chris made up for this passage, and likely never intends to use again. Playing fast and loose with language just further decreases the impact of whatever Chris is trying to say. Also of note is that Chris wants to make it illegal to use a word a certain way, which is hypocritical, and--quite frankly--creepy.

His own lexicon, like many other aspects of his personality, demonstrates exactly how self-centered Chris is. While the whole purpose of language is to express thoughts and ideas to other people, Chris has managed to turn vocabulary into a brick wall, by crafting a mashed-together lexicon that only makes sense to himself.

Written language

Chris's writing is completely fucked-up from top to bottom, and that is putting it mildly.

Chris doesn't understand basic syntax and semantics. He frequently uses words in the wrong context, or as incorrect parts of speech, and his grammar is abhorrent. He is also obviously afraid that whatever he's feeling won't be adequately conveyed through his words. He tries to make up for this by relying on repetition and a distinctive ALL CAPS style. For similar reasons, he tends to Randomly Capitalize Words, Especially those which hold Importance to the Sentence.

“	And the ONLY REASON I have not had sex yet in my lifetime WITH A WOMAN yet, is because the WHOLE TIME, I have been SHY; kept down with the Personal Fear of nearly EVERY Woman I see being Already Paired-Up with a Boyfriend.	”
Chris proving that he never proofreads. From the CWCkipedia article on homosexuality.

Beyond these basic issues of grammar and capitalization, Chris's writings often lack focus. Much like any 6-year-old, he has trouble concentrating on a single topic for extended periods of time, instead veering off topic in order to babble about whatever is on his mind. This practice of writing stream-of-consciousness style, combined with his obvious disinterest in proofreading or otherwise checking over what he's written, inevitably results in lots of confusing run-on sentences. A single sentence might cover multiple topics, often ones that don't have anything to do with the original subject matter. It gives his writing a rambling, disjointed feeling, and makes it very difficult to understand exactly what his point is.

“	...while the Movie Women are "Just Characters", Rosechu is playing as her own "Character" as well. Also, there is MORE THAN ONE Rosechu; Why do you think I've dubbed them respectively "Bubbles Rosechu", "Angelica Rosechu", and recently introduced, "Lolisa Rosechu", of whom her Boyfriend, "Jamsta Sonichu", was the one who Interviewed Blanca and her Jiggliami on Radio Station, KCWC.	”
Chris, somehow jumping from movies not being reality to his imaginary radio station.

It doesn't help that Chris feels it's his obligation to be "honest", which means that he feels the need to mention irrelevant little details, as anything less would not mean he's not telling the whole truth.

Spelling

Given the fact that he had a chance to correct the spelling mistake during a retcon of Sonichu 7, it proves how much he can't spell for shit.

Amongst all the other problems with Chris's writing, his poor spelling somehow manages to stand out. Although it's not as bad when compared to all the other problems with his English, he regularly misspells words that should be easy to spell. Such examples of his spelling mistakes are "mies" (miles) and "dood" (good). He seems to have trouble with "ein"s, as in "seinor" (senior) and "geinus" (genius; it should be noted that the incorrect spelling of this word inevitably makes it sound like another word).

It was only relatively recently discovered that the term Anchuent is supposed to be a pun, and not just another of Chris' butcherings of the English language. This largely goes to show that Chris's inability to spell correctly is so persistent that, when he deliberately misspells something, it goes completely unnoticed for years.

Semantics

As demonstrated in CWC-isms above, Chris has severe problems understanding the meanings of words, and just about anything even marginally abstract or metaphorical.

A good demonstration of this is the fact that he doesn't really understand proverbs; he frequently recites proverbs wrong, or clearly misses the point. When he comes up with his own proverbs, he doesn't exactly try to veil any wisdom in carefully crafted phrases.

Examples of Chrisverbial Wisdom:

• "Those who teach, can't."
• "A sound thought is a good thought, unless it is a bad idea."
• "The pen is mightier than the sword, yet it is more permanent than a pencil."

Spoken language

Chris comes off slightly better when speaking, but that's really not saying much. When he addresses the world in one of his many videos, his speech is peppered with instances of "uhh", "hmmm", and "yeah" as he struggles to find the right thing to say. He also tends to stutter and repeat himself.

“	They should have given it perfect they should have given it five out of five stars... and ten out of ten. Between G4... tee, uh, between G4 and, uh, the Game Informer.	”
Chris attempting to recommend Brutal Legend.

Chris does a better job staying on topic when speaking than he does while writing, likely because when speaking to a camera or another person, he has a clearer idea of the point he wants to get across. Going off on rambling tangents still occasionally happens, but usually only when Chris is trying to be funny.

“	...even to make his own ass bleed. I mean, that story, it's just about as incredibly fabricated as Donna Tubb's time over at when she had to borrow R. Kelly's bathroom... The Cleveland Show, new episodes Sun- every Sunday on FOX.	”
Chris confusing humor with advertising

While Chris seems to be at least capable of coherent conversation while calm, things go downhill when he's upset, enraged, or confused. In particular, his tendency to throw childlike temper tantrums has resulted in some very bizarre outbursts. When angry, Chris still retains his tendency to go in tangents and be very proper about compulsively giving all of the relevant information, which means that he's often unable to sum his anger up in just a few succinct words.

“	...SO GET IT THROUGH YOUR DAMN FUCKING SKULL AND CALL ME A REAL NAME THAT have God has been given to me and the bear at Regency Square Shopping center, during 1989, YOU DAMN MOCKING BASTARD!	”
Chris inserting random details into a hissy fit.

See also

• Speech Impediment
• Chris's resume
• The High School Story
• Anything written on CWCipedia