Non-inverted Questions
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| - | + | English syntax has a subject-verb-object word order, meaning that the subject precedes the verb which precedes the object (eg. "''I am'' here."). The exception to this is questions, which have a verb-subject-object word order, inverting the subject and the verb (eg. "Where ''am I''?"). In the [[Homestar Runner universe]], however, the characters occasionally fail to invert the subject and the verb, creating a '''non-inverted question''' (eg. "Where ''I am''?"). | |
==Appearances== | ==Appearances== | ||
| - | *[[Where My Hat Is At?]] — [[Homestar Runner | + | *[[Where My Hat Is At?]] — [[Homestar Runner]] repeatedly asks the title question. |
| - | *[[Where's The Cheat?]] — [[Bubs]] asks "Where The Cheat is at?" | + | *[[Where's The Cheat?]] — [[Bubs]] asks, "Where [[The Cheat]] is at?" |
| - | *[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 10.2]] — Homestar asks [[Strong Bad]] "Okay, what I'm supposed to do now?" | + | *[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 10.2]] — Homestar asks [[Strong Bad]], "Okay, what I'm supposed to do now?" |
| - | *Email [[dangeresque 3]] — Strong Bad as [[Dangeresque (character)|Dangeresque]] asks "Who this is?" | + | *Email [[dangeresque 3]] — Strong Bad as [[Dangeresque (character)|Dangeresque]] asks, "Who this is?" |
| - | *[[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]] — Homestar exclaims "What I'm supposed to do with ''that'' mess?" | + | *[[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]] — Homestar exclaims, "What I'm supposed to do with ''that'' mess?" |
| - | *Email [[alternate universe]] — [[Vector Strong Bad]] asks "WHAT IT IS MY DOGE?" | + | *Email [[alternate universe]] — [[Vector Strong Bad]] asks, "WHAT IT IS MY DOGE?" |
| - | *Email [[keep cool]] — Strong Bad asks "How hot it is right now?" | + | *Email [[keep cool]] — Strong Bad asks, "How hot it is right now?" |
| - | *[[Georgia Tech - 26 Apr 2007|Georgia Tech talk]] — Matt says "Why | + | *[[Georgia Tech - 26 Apr 2007|Georgia Tech talk]] — [[Matt Chapman]] says, "Why [Bubs] has a [[toilet]] brush in some cartoon?" |
| - | *[[Coach Z's 110%]] — A reporter asks Homestar "How you did [th]at?" | + | *[[Coach Z's 110%]] — A reporter asks Homestar, "How you did [th]at?" |
| - | + | *[[Where My Hat Is At? (toon)]] — Along with the original book, Homestar repeatedly asks the title question. | |
| + | *[[I Killed Pom Pom]] — Homestar asks, "Who I'm supposed to pin this murder on?" | ||
| + | *[[The Next April Fools' Thing]] — Strong Bad's email intro song is "If I can't check my email, then how I'm s'posed to live my life?" | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
*[[Jumbled Words]] | *[[Jumbled Words]] | ||
*[[Deliberately Poor English]] | *[[Deliberately Poor English]] | ||
| + | *[[I'm]] | ||
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[[Category:Word running gags]] | [[Category:Word running gags]] | ||
[[Category:Spelling and Grammar]] | [[Category:Spelling and Grammar]] | ||
Revision as of 06:04, 5 April 2018
English syntax has a subject-verb-object word order, meaning that the subject precedes the verb which precedes the object (eg. "I am here."). The exception to this is questions, which have a verb-subject-object word order, inverting the subject and the verb (eg. "Where am I?"). In the Homestar Runner universe, however, the characters occasionally fail to invert the subject and the verb, creating a non-inverted question (eg. "Where I am?").
Appearances
- Where My Hat Is At? — Homestar Runner repeatedly asks the title question.
- Where's The Cheat? — Bubs asks, "Where The Cheat is at?"
- Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 10.2 — Homestar asks Strong Bad, "Okay, what I'm supposed to do now?"
- Email dangeresque 3 — Strong Bad as Dangeresque asks, "Who this is?"
- Halloween Potion-ma-jig — Homestar exclaims, "What I'm supposed to do with that mess?"
- Email alternate universe — Vector Strong Bad asks, "WHAT IT IS MY DOGE?"
- Email keep cool — Strong Bad asks, "How hot it is right now?"
- Georgia Tech talk — Matt Chapman says, "Why [Bubs] has a toilet brush in some cartoon?"
- Coach Z's 110% — A reporter asks Homestar, "How you did [th]at?"
- Where My Hat Is At? (toon) — Along with the original book, Homestar repeatedly asks the title question.
- I Killed Pom Pom — Homestar asks, "Who I'm supposed to pin this murder on?"
- The Next April Fools' Thing — Strong Bad's email intro song is "If I can't check my email, then how I'm s'posed to live my life?"
