"Was" instead of "Were"

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==Appearances==
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*Email [[impression]] — Coach Z says "Bubs, the cold cuts was great!"
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*Email [[impression]] — Coach Z says, "[[Bubs]], the hot [[cold cuts]] was great!"
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*Email [[caffeine]] — Coach Z says, "you was tryin' to jank me!"
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*Email [[caffeine]] — Coach Z says to [[Strong Sad]], "You was tryin' to jank me!"
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*[[Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon]] — Coach Z says, "I mighta guessed you was behind all this!"
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*[[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".
*[[Puppets on the Road]] — [[Homestar Runner]] talks about Overlook, a song that he and [[Mike Chapman]] made up "when we was kids".
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*Email [[rampage]] — Strong Bad says "I didn't know you was hood!"
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*Email [[rampage]] — Strong Bad says to Strong Sad, "I didn't know you was hood!"
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*[[Puppet Jam: Bad Jokes]] ([[Puppet Jam: Bad Jokes#DVD Transcript|DVD version]]) — Puppet Homestar says "They was laughin'".
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*[[Puppet Jam: Bad Jokes]] ([[Puppet Jam: Bad Jokes#DVD Transcript|DVD version]]) — [[Puppet Character Variations|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".
*[[Fall Float Parade]] — Coach Z apologizes to [[Marzipan]] for any inappropriate comments he might have made "while we was at commercial".
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*[[Senorial Day]] ([[Senorial Day#Commentary Transcript|DVD commentary]]) — Strong Bad uses the phrase, "when we was kids."
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*[[Senorial Day]] ([[Senorial Day#Commentary Transcript|DVD commentary]]) — Strong Bad uses the phrase, "when we was kids".
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*[[Happy Fireworks]] ([[Happy Fireworks#Commentary Transcript|DVD commentary]]) — [[Matt Chapman]] says "I did most of this while you was gone, Mike!"
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*[[Happy Fireworks]] ([[Happy Fireworks#Commentary Transcript|DVD commentary]]) — [[Matt Chapman]] says, "I did most of this while you was gone, Mike!"
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*Email [[disconnected]] — Coach Z says "Sorry, Head Bad, but you was the only one competin' this year!"
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*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!"
*[[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."
*[[Marshie vs. Little Girl]] (Easter egg) — Homestar tells [[Little Girl]], "I thought you was a little ghoul."
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*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".
*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]] —
*[[Strong Badia the Free]] —
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**Coach Z says "We was gonna burn it", referring to the effigy of [[The King of Town]].
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**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.
**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!"
*[[On Break]] — Coach Z says, "I didn't know you was the [[Smoking|smokin']] type!"
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*[[Pumpkin Stencils]] — Homestar says that if you carve the [[Old-Timey Strong Bad]] pumpkin, he'll "sneak-toe up to your house while you was sleepin'".
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*[[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..."
*[[Sbemail 136 Alternate Versions]] — At the end of the first draft, Strong Bad starts a sentence with "We was just, uh..."
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*[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2]] — Coach Z says "The rest I would ignore if I was you."
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*[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2]] — Coach Z says, "The rest I would ignore if I was you."
==Variations==
==Variations==
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*[[In Search of the Yello Dello]] — Homestar says, "I think I has the solution!" This phrase is repeated in [[little questions]] by Strong Bad.
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*[[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.
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*The [[Homestarmy]]'s slogan is "Do you has what it takes?"
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*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]]
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*[[Singular Instead of Plural]]
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*[[I think I has the solution]]
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[[Category:Word running gags|W]][[Category:Spelling and Grammar|W]]

Revision as of 03:44, 4 February 2021

"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. The phrase "when we was kids" is also spoken surprisingly frequently.

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