Plural Instead of Singular

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(Appearances: this is a collective noun being used for one person, but the word itself isn’t pluralized strangely/incorrectly.)
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*Email [[caper]] — Strong Bad recalls setting fire to [[Strong Sad]]'s '''[[underwear]]s'''.
*Email [[caper]] — Strong Bad recalls setting fire to [[Strong Sad]]'s '''[[underwear]]s'''.
*Email [[personal favorites]] — Strong Bad says, "My emails are like my '''childrens'''".
*Email [[personal favorites]] — Strong Bad says, "My emails are like my '''childrens'''".
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*Email [[couch patch]] —
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*Email [[couch patch]] — One of Strong Bad's rejected [[Compy 386]] commands is "um, this time really print me out a million '''dollars''' bill.nofoolin'".
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**One of Strong Bad's rejected [[Compy 386]] commands is "um, this time really print me out a million '''dollars''' bill.nofoolin'".
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**Strong Bad says, "They had to call in a hazmat '''team''' just to hose me hose me hose me down!" [[Has Matt?]] consists of only [[The Poopsmith]].
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*[[New Boots]] — Strong Bad says, "But you made my '''underwears''' showing! Everybody knows I don't wear '''underwears'''!"
*[[New Boots]] — Strong Bad says, "But you made my '''underwears''' showing! Everybody knows I don't wear '''underwears'''!"
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*Email [[dangeresque 3]] — [[Homestar Runner]], as [[Dangeresque Too]], suggests to ask "'''passers'''-by" [[Strong Sad]]/[[Hot Tub]].
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*Email [[dangeresque 3]] — [[Homestar Runner]], as [[Dangeresque Too]], suggests to ask "this '''passers'''-by" [[Strong Sad]]/[[Hot Tub]].
*[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 11.2]] — Homestar Runner, doing a crossword, asks [[Marzipan]] for "a four-'''letters''' word for censoring a cuss word".
*[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 11.2]] — Homestar Runner, doing a crossword, asks [[Marzipan]] for "a four-'''letters''' word for censoring a cuss word".
*Email [[virus]] — As Strong Bad laments over his slightly shotgunned computer, he says, "I don't remember your '''names''', Davey!"
*Email [[virus]] — As Strong Bad laments over his slightly shotgunned computer, he says, "I don't remember your '''names''', Davey!"
*Email [[animal]] — Homestar Runner says, "I say there, Monstrosity! Do you know the '''[[times]]'''?"
*Email [[animal]] — Homestar Runner says, "I say there, Monstrosity! Do you know the '''[[times]]'''?"
*Email [[dreamail]] — The [[Female Lappy 486]] says, "You have one unread '''messages'''."
*Email [[dreamail]] — The [[Female Lappy 486]] says, "You have one unread '''messages'''."
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*[[Bug In Mouth Disease]] — Strong Bad says to Strong Sad, "I just thought you should know that all your '''underwears''' somehow ended up individually priced and labeled in an online auction."
*[[Stinkoman 20X6]] — The [[Stinkomanual]]'s description for the Seeper Mo of [[Stinkoman 20X6 Walkthrough Level 7|Level 7]] reads, "[[Stinkoman]] better think [[seriously]] about jumping o'er '''thems'''."
*[[Stinkoman 20X6]] — The [[Stinkomanual]]'s description for the Seeper Mo of [[Stinkoman 20X6 Walkthrough Level 7|Level 7]] reads, "[[Stinkoman]] better think [[seriously]] about jumping o'er '''thems'''."
*Email [[boring (really)]] — [[Coach Z]] says that "Jorb" is a four-'''letters''' word.
*Email [[boring (really)]] — [[Coach Z]] says that "Jorb" is a four-'''letters''' word.

Revision as of 19:29, 11 July 2020

THREE O' DEMS

Often in the Homestar Runner Universe a character will use a plural noun in a phrase where it would normally be expected to be singular. This is particularly used in the context of compound adjectives involving numbers, such as saying "a two-years-old boy" instead of "a two-year-old boy". In addition, this is occasionally done to an already plural word, such as "thems" and "peoples".

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