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Sometimes when we see text in a cartoon or game, a word that would be expected is replaced by a '''homophone''', a word that is pronounced the same, but has a different spelling and meaning.
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[[Image:Corn crunch.PNG|thumb|Groan in Iowa!]]
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Sometimes when text appears in a cartoon or game, a word that would be expected is replaced by a '''homophone''', a word that is pronounced the same, but has a different spelling and meaning.
== Appearances ==
== Appearances ==
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* [[Stinkoman 20X6]] — "FLASH 7 OR '''HIRE''' REQUIRED."
* [[Stinkoman 20X6]] — "FLASH 7 OR '''HIRE''' REQUIRED."
* Email [[your funeral]] — Strong Bad is buried in a "'''Coughin''''"
* Email [[your funeral]] — Strong Bad is buried in a "'''Coughin''''"
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* Email [[specially marked]] — "Corn Krunch is "'''GROAN''' IN IOWA;" Chocolate Breakfast Candy Bar Pops are "PART OF THIS '''NEW, TRITIOUS''' BREAKFAST"
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* Email [[specially marked]] — "Corn Krunch is "IOWA '''GROAN''';" Chocolate Breakfast Candy Bar Pops are "PART OF THIS '''NEW, TRITIOUS''' BREAKFAST"
[[Category:Word running gags]]
[[Category:Word running gags]]

Revision as of 20:15, 24 May 2008

Groan in Iowa!

Sometimes when text appears in a cartoon or game, a word that would be expected is replaced by a homophone, a word that is pronounced the same, but has a different spelling and meaning.

Appearances

  • Thorax Corporation — "Our Gentle Staph"
  • Email dullard — "Dullard has "THE BEST BOSS IN THE WHOLE WHIRLED."
  • Thy Dungeonman 3 — "A veggie cart dude says, "Visualize whirled peas."
  • Stinkoman 20X6 — "FLASH 7 OR HIRE REQUIRED."
  • Email your funeral — Strong Bad is buried in a "Coughin'"
  • Email specially marked — "Corn Krunch is "IOWA GROAN;" Chocolate Breakfast Candy Bar Pops are "PART OF THIS NEW, TRITIOUS BREAKFAST"
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