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[[Image:Viklas.png|thumb|"How did you seen out when you was a baby?"]] | [[Image:Viklas.png|thumb|"How did you seen out when you was a baby?"]] | ||
| - | Sometimes, a character will say '''the word "was" when they should be saying "were"''', usually [[Coach Z]]. | + | Sometimes, a character will say '''the word "was" when they should be saying "were"''', usually [[Coach Z]]. The phrase "when we was kids" is also spoken surprisingly frequently. |
==Appearances== | ==Appearances== | ||
| - | *Email [[ | + | *Email [[impression]] {{--}} Coach Z says, "[[Bubs]], the hot [[cold cuts]] was great!" |
| - | *Email [[ | + | *Email [[caffeine]] {{--}} Coach Z says to [[Strong Sad]], "You was tryin' to jank me!" |
| - | + | *[[Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon]] {{--}} Coach Z says to Strong Bad and [[The Cheat]], "I mighta guessed you was behind all this!" | |
| - | *[[Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon]] | + | *[[Puppets on the Road]] {{--}} [[Homestar Runner]] talks about Overlook, a song that he and [[Mike Chapman]] made up "when we was kids". |
| - | *[[Puppets on the Road]] | + | *Email [[rampage]] {{--}} Strong Bad says to Strong Sad, "I didn't know you was hood!" |
| - | *[[On Break]] | + | *[[Puppet Jam: Bad Jokes]] ([[Puppet Jam: Bad Jokes#DVD Transcript|DVD version]]) {{--}} [[Puppet Character Variations|Puppet Homestar]] says, "They was laughin'". |
| - | *[[Sbemail 136 Alternate Versions]] | + | *[[Fall Float Parade]] {{--}} Coach Z apologizes to [[Marzipan]] for any inappropriate comments he might have made "while we was at commercial". |
| + | *[[Senorial Day]] ([[Senorial Day#Commentary Transcript|DVD commentary]]) {{--}} Strong Bad uses the phrase, "when we was kids". | ||
| + | *[[Happy Fireworks]] ([[Happy Fireworks#Commentary Transcript|DVD commentary]]) {{--}} [[Matt Chapman]] says, "I did most of this while you was gone, Mike!" | ||
| + | *Email [[disconnected]] {{--}} Coach Z says, "Sorry, [[Head Bad and Strong Body|Head Bad]], but you was the only one competin' this year!" | ||
| + | *[[Decemberween Short Shorts]] {{--}} Coach Z tells Homestar, "We was undeforted!" | ||
| + | *[[Marshie vs. Little Girl]] (Easter egg) {{--}} Homestar tells [[Little Girl]], "I thought you was a little ghoul." | ||
| + | *[[Jibblies 2]] {{--}} Coach Z tells Strong Bad, "I thought you was gonna dress up as [[Strong Bad's Teaser Costumes|the alien]] this year!" | ||
| + | *Email [[bike thief]] ([[bike thief#Commentary Transcript|DVD commentary]]) {{--}} Strong Bad says, "Seems like that happened when we was kids." | ||
| + | *Email [[magic trick]] ([[magic trick#Commentary Transcript|DVD commentary]]) {{--}} Matt, set to do a commentary about [[buried]], says that Mike had a metal detector "when we was kids". | ||
| + | *[[Strong Badia the Free]] {{--}} | ||
| + | **Coach Z says, "We was gonna burn it", referring to the effigy of [[The King of Town]]. | ||
| + | **During the [[Strong Badia the Free Cave Girl Squad|Cave Girl Squad]], after a girl is shot by the shopper, she says "Remember when we was kids" at the beginning of her sentence. | ||
| + | *[[On Break]] {{--}} Coach Z says, "I didn't know you was the [[Smoking|smokin']] type!" | ||
| + | *[[Pumpkin Stencils]] {{--}} When the [[Old-Timey Strong Bad]] [[pumpkin]] is clicked on, [[The Homestar Runner]] says, "If I was you, and I had carved a punkin like that, I'd sneak-toe up to your house while you was sleepin'". | ||
| + | *[[Sbemail 136 Alternate Versions]] {{--}} At the end of the first draft, Strong Bad starts a sentence with "We was just, uh..." | ||
| + | *[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2]] {{--}} Coach Z says, "The rest I would ignore if I was you." | ||
==Variations== | ==Variations== | ||
| - | *[[In Search of the Yello Dello]] | + | *[[In Search of the Yello Dello]] {{--}} Homestar says, "[[I think I has the solution]]!" This phrase is repeated in [[little questions]] by Strong Bad and [[Haunted Photo Booth]] by Strong Sad. |
| + | *The [[Homestarmy]]'s slogan is "Do you has what it takes?" | ||
| + | *Email [[hremail 3184]] {{--}} Coach Z finishes a sentence with "but now I don't has to!" | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
*[[Deliberately Poor English]] | *[[Deliberately Poor English]] | ||
| + | *[[Singular Instead of Plural]] | ||
| + | *[[I think I has the solution]] | ||
| - | + | [[Category:Word running gags|W]][[Category:Spelling and Grammar|W]] | |
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| - | [[Category:Word running gags]][[Category:Spelling and Grammar]] | + | |
Current revision as of 02:43, 4 November 2022
Sometimes, a character will say the word "was" when they should be saying "were", usually Coach Z. The phrase "when we was kids" is also spoken surprisingly frequently.
[edit] Appearances
- Email impression — Coach Z says, "Bubs, the hot cold cuts was great!"
- Email caffeine — Coach Z says to Strong Sad, "You was tryin' to jank me!"
- Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon — Coach Z says to Strong Bad and The Cheat, "I mighta guessed you was behind all this!"
- Puppets on the Road — Homestar Runner talks about Overlook, a song that he and Mike Chapman made up "when we was kids".
- Email rampage — Strong Bad says to Strong Sad, "I didn't know you was hood!"
- Puppet Jam: Bad Jokes (DVD version) — Puppet Homestar says, "They was laughin'".
- Fall Float Parade — Coach Z apologizes to Marzipan for any inappropriate comments he might have made "while we was at commercial".
- Senorial Day (DVD commentary) — Strong Bad uses the phrase, "when we was kids".
- Happy Fireworks (DVD commentary) — Matt Chapman says, "I did most of this while you was gone, Mike!"
- Email disconnected — Coach Z says, "Sorry, Head Bad, but you was the only one competin' this year!"
- Decemberween Short Shorts — Coach Z tells Homestar, "We was undeforted!"
- Marshie vs. Little Girl (Easter egg) — Homestar tells Little Girl, "I thought you was a little ghoul."
- Jibblies 2 — Coach Z tells Strong Bad, "I thought you was gonna dress up as the alien this year!"
- Email bike thief (DVD commentary) — Strong Bad says, "Seems like that happened when we was kids."
- Email magic trick (DVD commentary) — Matt, set to do a commentary about buried, says that Mike had a metal detector "when we was kids".
- Strong Badia the Free —
- Coach Z says, "We was gonna burn it", referring to the effigy of The King of Town.
- During the Cave Girl Squad, after a girl is shot by the shopper, she says "Remember when we was kids" at the beginning of her sentence.
- On Break — Coach Z says, "I didn't know you was the smokin' type!"
- Pumpkin Stencils — When the Old-Timey Strong Bad pumpkin is clicked on, The Homestar Runner says, "If I was you, and I had carved a punkin like that, I'd sneak-toe up to your house while you was sleepin'".
- Sbemail 136 Alternate Versions — At the end of the first draft, Strong Bad starts a sentence with "We was just, uh..."
- Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2 — Coach Z says, "The rest I would ignore if I was you."
[edit] Variations
- In Search of the Yello Dello — Homestar says, "I think I has the solution!" This phrase is repeated in little questions by Strong Bad and Haunted Photo Booth by Strong Sad.
- The Homestarmy's slogan is "Do you has what it takes?"
- Email hremail 3184 — Coach Z finishes a sentence with "but now I don't has to!"
