Deliberately Poor English
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| - | *Email [[english paper]] - Strong Bad spells English as " | + | *Email [[english paper]] - Strong Bad spells English as "Englilsh" in the report's title, ridiculing the e-mail sender's spelling of the word. |
*Email [[personal favorites]] - One of the sayings by the [[Grape Nuts Robot]] during the Easter egg at the end is "Now spell, 'Carp for brains'." It really meant to say, "Crap for brains." | *Email [[personal favorites]] - One of the sayings by the [[Grape Nuts Robot]] during the Easter egg at the end is "Now spell, 'Carp for brains'." It really meant to say, "Crap for brains." | ||
*[[Population: Tire]] - The game's premise contains several instances of poor English, including "YOU ARE SOLDIER!" and "YOU ONE ARE OF BRAVE FEW." | *[[Population: Tire]] - The game's premise contains several instances of poor English, including "YOU ARE SOLDIER!" and "YOU ONE ARE OF BRAVE FEW." | ||
Revision as of 01:04, 28 September 2006
Poor English is often deliberately used in the Homestar Runner universe.
Appearances
- Email english paper - Strong Bad spells English as "Englilsh" in the report's title, ridiculing the e-mail sender's spelling of the word.
- Email personal favorites - One of the sayings by the Grape Nuts Robot during the Easter egg at the end is "Now spell, 'Carp for brains'." It really meant to say, "Crap for brains."
- Population: Tire - The game's premise contains several instances of poor English, including "YOU ARE SOLDIER!" and "YOU ONE ARE OF BRAVE FEW."
- Email caffeine - When the caffeine effects start to wear off, Strong Sad says, "...salad...salad...as a rock?"
- Thy Dungeonman - If you beat the game, the game gives you a "congraturation".
- Email Videro Games - Strong Bad complains about difficult video games that only reward you with "a hearty CONGRATURATION!"
- Stinkoman 20X6 - This game has many instances of poor English, such as "My stummy hurts." (pluralized as "Our stummies hurts."), "Keep try.", and "Start Play."
- Vector Strong Bad often uses poorly-translated lines like "YOUR HEAD A SPLODE!" He also pronounces "hello" as "HELLOTE" (seen in the email alternate universe).
- Sundae Drivin' - As seen in the email redesign, it includes quotes like "CHERRY GET!" and "YOUR JAMES OVER."
- Strong Bad's title at Crazy Go Nuts University is "Prinicpal".
- Email trading cards- When Strong Bad is describing The Cheat's trading card game, the phrase flashing on the screen is "PLAY GET!"
