Editing Poorly Written Emails

[[Image:Lackofpunction winner sbemail.png|250px|thumb|"Well, let's just see here... Zero capitalization...  Misspelling...  Lack of punctuation... Looks like a winner to me!"]]
[[Strong Bad]] regularly receives '''[[Strong Bad Email|emails]] with poor grammar and spelling''', which he rarely hesitates to point out.  He even released an entertaining/informational CD on the subject in an Easter egg in [[local news]] called ''[[local news#Easter Eggs|Strong Bad's Rhythm N' Grammar]]''.

While many emails do contain these sort of errors, this list only contains errors that are either famous in their own right or have affected how Strong Bad read the email.

Ironically, Strong Bad himself will sometimes [[Strong Bad's Spelling|make a spelling or grammatical error of similar context]] when typing.

In contrast to the many criticisms of poor spelling and grammar, Strong Bad occasionally receives [[Emails that meet Strong Bad's approval|emails that meet his approval]].

==List of Poorly Written Emails==
These are the list of emails starting from oldest to newest, containing any and all errors.
<!-- Please add new errors in the order of the email it was in! --> 
{| class="wikitable"
! Email !! Poor Grammar and Punctuation !! Poor Spelling !! Poor Capitalization
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| [[homsar]] || ''None'' || Vinnie C. misspells "Homestar" as "[[Homsar|Ho'''ms'''ar]]" || ''None''
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| [[depressio]] || "'''guy ,'''" should be "'''guy.'''" || ''None'' || ''None''
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| [[i love you]] || No punctuation mark at end of sentence || [[Fhqwhgads|fhqwhgadshgnsdhjsdbkhsdabkfabkveybvf]] uses [[Internet Slang|internet shorthand]]; uses a gibberish name || no capitalization
|-
| [[trevor the vampire]] || No comma after "Hampden"; email ends abruptly || ''None'' || Trevor does not capitalize '''s'''trong '''b'''ad
|-
| [[i she be]] || Tenuous grasp on English language; lack of punctuation || Misspells "should" as "sh'''e'''" || no capitalization
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| [[duck pond]] || ''None'' || ''None'' || no capitalization
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| [[the basics]] || "How do you do '''it .'''" should be "How do you do '''it?'''"; unnecessary apostrophe in "trick'''’'''s" || ''None'' || no capitalization
|-
| [[band names]] || ''None'' || ''None'' || no capitalization
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| [[stand-up]] || ''None'' || Joe p. uses internet shorthand; misspells "funny" as "fu'''n'''y" and "comedic" as "com'''i'''dic" || no capitalization
|-
| [[tape-leg]] || ''None'' || ''None'' || no capitalization (except for "Dear" and "Nicolas")
|-
| [[spring cleaning]] || Steve writes "crush '''with''' Marzipan" instead of "crush '''on''' Marzipan". Mike has no comma after "Bend" || Sue misspells surprised as "s'''up'''rised" || Steve does not capitalize his city, name or "'''m'''arzipan"
|-
| [[cartoon]] || "[[Wikipedia:Mr.|'''m'''r]]" does not have a period at the end of it; the email's greeting does not have a comma at the end of it || Geroge uses internet shorthand; quite possibly misspells his own name as "'''g'''e'''ro'''ge" || no capitalization
|-
| [[little animal]] || Question ends with a period instead of a question mark || ''None'' || '''c'''rapfully is not capitalized
|-
| [[super powers]] || Second question should be a part of the first || ''None'' || ''None''
|-
| [[CGNU]] || ''None'' || ''None'' || "'''d'''ear '''s'''trong '''b'''ad", both "'''i'''"s and "'''t'''hank" is not capitalized
|-
| [[1 step ahead]] || ''None'' || ''None'' || Entire email, except "I", is not capitalized
|-
| [[12:00]] || "Than'''ky'''ou" does not have a space in between || ''None'' || "'''vcr'''" is not capitalized
|-
| [[sugarbob]] || ''None'' || ''None'' || ENTIRE EMAIL CAPITALIZED
|-
| [[weird dream]] || ''None'' || ''None'' || no capitalization
|-
| [[sisters]] || Ali says "My sister and '''me'''" instead of "My sister and '''I'''," and "There '''is''' two of us," not "There '''are''' two of us." The anonymous author of the second email has awful grammar, and Strong Bad believes they're "not even literate." || ''None'' || The greeting "'''h'''ello" in the second email is not capitalized
|-
| [[guitar]] || "Wha'''ts'''" does not have an apostrophe, and a comma is missing in the first sentence. || ''None'' || '''G'''uitar is unnecessarily capitalized
|-
| [[invisibility]] || ''None'' || "Invisible" misspelled as "invis'''a'''ble" || no capitalization
|-
| [[little questions]] || Tenuous grasp on English language || ''None'' || ''None''
|-
| [[lures and jigs]] || ''None'' || Misspells "fish" as "fish'''s'''" || ''None''
|-
| [[your friends]] || ''None'' || ''None'' || ENTIRE EMAIL CAPITALIZED
|-
| [[50 emails]] || Mike ends his question with an exclamation mark || Matt misspells "Strong" as "[[Stong Bad|Stong]]" || Mike does not capitalize '''s'''trong '''b'''ad; Matt does not capitalize "'''w'''hat", "'''e'''xample" and his name on his email
|-
| [[website]] || The word "website" is used too often || ''None'' || ''None''
|-
| [[island]] || "A'''n'''" is supposed to be "a" for "desert" || "W'''h'''ere" is supposed to be "were" || ''None''
|-
| [[comic]] || ''None'' || Brittany misspells "appreciate" to "appr'''i'''ciate"; "they" is misspelled as "'''Te'''y" || ''None''
|-
| [[morning routine]] || "Wha'''ts'''" does not have an apostrophe || ''None'' || ''None''
|-
| [[japanese cartoon]] || ''None'' || ''None'' || '''J'''ames's name is not capitalized along with "'''w'''hat" and "'''j'''apanese"
|-
| [[dragon]] || ''None'' || Kaizer uses internet shorthand || '''K'''aizer's name is not capitalized along with '''w'''ell
|-
| [[huttah!]] || Nobuyoshi types "th'''e'''n" instead of "than"; Holmes types, "DEAR STRONG BAD'''!'''" and "WHERE THE HECK IS YO'''U''' SHIRT???" || ''None'' || Nobuyoshi does not capitalize any "'''i'''"s and the beginning of the sentences; HOLMES' ENTIRE EMAIL IS CAPITALIZED (except "California"); '''d'''erek does not capitalize (except "Dear '''s'''trong '''b'''ad", the last two words blocked by the shred of paper)
|-
| [[fingers]] || Brandon uses "you'''r'''" instead of "you're" || ''None'' || aaron's email has no capitalization; FRANKDOG'S ENTIRE EMAIL IS CAPITALIZED
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| [[english paper]] || ''None'' || Kyle Smith misspells "English" as "Engli'''l'''sh" || ''None''
|-
| [[unused emails]] || Dan says "don't get showed" instead of "don't get shown". The first and second anonymous sender's emails make no sense; Evan, Andrew and Stephanie all have tenuous grasps on the English language; Stephanie does not put punctuation in her sentences; The third anonymous sender's comma in "dear''',''' Strong Bad" is in the wrong place || The third anonymous sender misspells "enjoy reading" as "en'''l'''oy rea'''s'''ing"; Andrew misspells Homestar Runner's name to "h'''a'''mest'''urr'''unner" || EVAN'S ENTIRE EMAIL IS CAPITALIZED; the second anonymous sender does not capitalize their question; Stephanie's email is not capitalized
|-
| [[the show]] || ''None'' || Tori misspells "tournament" as "to'''un'''ament" || '''H'''omestar is not capitalized
|-
| [[personal favorites]] || HockeymanJ05 has no comma after "e-mails" and uses a period instead of a question mark. Pred types "a'''re'''" instead of "a", and "I'''’m'''" instead of "I". Zebbadee's second "d'''o'''" should be "did". || Pred uses internet shorthand "'''u r'''". || ''None''
|-
| [[privileges]] || Question ends with a period instead of a question mark || Crazyclemens misspells "privileges" as "priv'''a'''leges" || no capitalization (except for "Dear")
|-
| [[sibbie]] || Question says "'''your''' are" instead of "you are" and says that Strong Bad is the most "awesome'''st'''" thing ever || ''None'' || ''None''
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| [[anything]] || ''None'' || ''None'' || "'''h'''i", "'''h'''ave" and "'''b'''ye" are not capitalized
|-
| [[the process]] || The question was "How long does '''it to''' answer an e-mail?" || "process" is spelled "pro'''s'''ess" || ''None''
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| [[kids' book]] || The sender asks Strong Bad if he had ever ''thought of'' a children's book, and subsequently asks "what kind of words '''did you''' try to teach the kids", rather than "you would". || ''None'' || ''None''
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| [[couch patch]] || ''None'' || "Behind" is misspelled as "behi'''e'''nd"; "from" is misspelled as "f'''or'''m" || no capitalization
|-
| [[local news]] || Ends question with "even". Email types "its'''’'''" instead of "its", causing Strong Bad to sing one of his ''Rhythm N' Grammar'' songs || ''None'' || ''None''
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| [[kind of cool]] || ''None'' || "Thinki'''n'''" and "wonderi'''n'''" are missing their G's || '''S'''trong '''B'''ad is not capitalized
|-
| [[different town]] || "'''I just''' wondering" is missing "was" || "Sincerely" is misspelled as "sincer'''le'''y" || ''None''
|-
| [[car]] || "Do you '''H'''ave a '''car If''' you do what '''K'''ind of car is '''it.'''" is supposed to be two questions instead of one long sentence; both should end with question marks || ''None'' || Use of random capitalization
|-
| [[lunch special]] || ''None'' || "Lun'''cc'''h" is misspelled with a second c; "sincerely" is misspelled as "since'''rl'''y" || ''None''
|-
| [[theme park]] || Two sentences are separated by a comma || "bu'''is'''ness" is misspelled || The sentences do not have capitals in the beginning
|-
| [[dangeresque 3]] || ''None'' || "Coming" is misspelled as "com'''e'''ing" || no capitalization
|-
| [[cheatday]] || "Mike Control" omits a question mark at the end of the sentence. Ryan's email has no punctuation (except for the question mark), Bridget writes "your" as "you'''’re'''", and the second anonymous email has no punctuation. || Ryan misspells "better" as "be'''t'''er" || "Mike Control"'s second sentence is not capitalized (except Cheat). None of the three emails The Cheat answers have any capitalization.
|-
| [[crying]] || There are two greetings in the email which Strong Bad points out; there's no punctuation before "I was wondering" || ''None'' || "'''H'''omestar" is not capitalized
|-
| [[for kids]] || The opening sentence should end in a period, but Allison puts a question mark at the end. Unnecessary comma in "would love you''',''' and your awesomeness". || ''None'' || ''None''
|-
| [[other days]] || Janus has a tenuous grasp on the English language, starting the running gag "[[Please to be]]" || Janus misspells "untying" as "unt'''ie'''ing" || brian has no capitalization in his email (except for "CA")
|-
| [[old comics]] || ''None'' || ''None'' || no capitalization (except for "SB" and "NY")
|-
| [[pizzaz|pizza'''z''']] || The valediction does not have any punctuation and makes little sense || "pizza'''z'''" is misspelled and carried out through the whole email by Strong Bad. || The ending of the email is not capitalized
|-
| [[time capsule]] || Sam uses a period at the end of last sentence instead of a question mark || Misspells "you’re" as "you’'''rr'''e" || No captalization (except "S'''TRONG'''" and "X0")
|-
| [[montage]] || ''None'' || "Create" is misspelled as "crea'''t'''" || ''None''
|-
| [[animal]] || The question, "What would you '''like as if you were''' your own made up '''animal'''" needs to be rewritten; the question does not have a question mark in the end || ''None'' || ''None''
|-
| [[dreamail]] || "'''Another''' words" is supposed to be "In other words" || ''None'' || ''None''
|-
| [[long pants]] || The email uses the word "pants" too much; the email gets off-topic || ''None'' || '''H'''omestar is not capitalized
|-
| [[rampage]] || There is an unnecessary comma after Peter's name || "Dear" is misspelled as "D'''er'''"; "I think'''s'''" is supposed to be "I think" || ''None''
|-
| [[garage sale]] || ''None'' || "Da" is supposed to be "the" || no capitalization (except the I's)
|-
| [[modeling]] || ''None'' || There is an extra "u" in "tr'''uu'''ly" || "'''d'''ear" and "'''i'''" not capitalized, types "S'''TRONG''' B'''AD!!!!!'''" instead of "Strong Bad,".
|-
| [[record book]] || ''None'' || ''None'' || no capitalization
|-
| [[lady...ing]] || Types a period instead of a question mark after question. || ''None'' || "Friends" and "Ever" are unnecessarily capitalized.
|-
| [[geddup noise]] || ''None'' || ''None'' || Marc Baroni's name is not capitalized
|-
| [[bedtime story]] || "Bed-time" story is not supposed to be hyphenated and "Good Night" is supposed to have a comma in the end, not a period || "lately" is misspelled as "lat'''le'''y" || ''None''
|-
| [[secret identity]] || ''None'' || ''None'' || Chris uses random capitalization
|-
| [[disconnected]] || "...'''were''' your body '''is or your head'''," is supposed to be "'''where''' your body '''was'''," || ''None'' || ''None''
|-
| [[candy product]] || No comma after the greeting.  The email overuses ellipses, a comma missing after "chick-magnet", and "do'''nt'''" and "tha'''ts'''" are missing apostrophes. "Chick-magnet" does not need to be hyphenated. || "someone" is misspelled as "so'''mo'''ne", "homestarru'''nnn'''er" has three N's. || "'''h'''omesta'''rr'''u'''nnn'''er" should be "Homestar Runner"
|-
| [[senior prom]] || "...'''did''' you ever '''have''' a senior prom," is supposed to be "if you ever had a senior prom" || ''None'' || ''None''
|-
| [[redesign]] || ''None'' || ''None'' || no capitalization
|-
| [[trading cards]] || First sentence strangely includes an ellipsis || The subject reads, "Trading [[Stong Bad|Stong]]-gum" || The word "With" should not be capitalized
|-
| [[retirement]] || Josh lacks punctuation in his email || Josh misspells "sincerely" as "since'''rl'''y" || josh has no capitalization
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| [[coloring]] || There are question marks after the ellipsis || "Ridiculous" is misspelled as "r'''e'''diculous"; "tha'''ts'''" does not have an apostrophe || ''None''
|-
| [[4 branches]] || the email lacks two commas: one after "Hey Strong Bad" and another after "'''ur''' biggest fan" || Spanky uses internet shorthand || "'''e'''lgrondo" is supposed to be capitalized
|-
| [[the chair]] || ''None'' || "Does'''nt'''" is missing an apostrophe; "truly" is misspelled as "tru'''e'''ly" || ''None''
|-
| [[strong badathlon]] || ''None'' || ''None'' || "'''B'''ad", "'''I'''’ve", "'''T'''he '''C'''heat" and "'''H'''omestar" are all not capitalized
|-
| [[the movies]] || There is an unnecessary period at the end of "TN" || ''None'' || "'''h'''as" is not capitalized
|-
| [[rough copy]] || Malinko says "I hope '''you''' interested" || Misspells "problems" as "pro'''m'''blems" || Unnecessarily capitalizes "'''D'''raw", forgets to capitalize "'''I'''" and "'''T'''he '''C'''heat" several times
|-
| [[more armies]] || Paul uses a period instead of a question mark. His question does not have an "or" before the third listed item. He also uses "that" instead of "who". || ''None'' || ''None''
|-
| [[mini-golf]] || The phrase "miniature golf course" is used too often. || "N'''oo'''ne" is spelled as one word. || ''None''
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| [[pizza joint]] || Daphne types "'''me''' and '''my girls'''" instead of "'''my girls''' and '''I'''" || ''None'' || ''None'' 
|-
| [[web comics]] || Gunkiller types "'''Me''' and '''some of my friends'''" instead of "'''Some of my friends''' and '''I'''" and has no punctuation after "Thanks a lot". || ''None'' || ''None''
|-
| [[business trip]] || ''None'' || Roxy misspells "sbemail" as "s'''bm'''ail." || "'''t'''hink about it" is missing capitalization.
|-
| [[yes, wrestling]] || Gardenboy types a period in place of a comma and in place of a question mark. There's also no punctuation after his name or "Bfn." || ''None'' || ''None''
|-
| [[nightlife]] || Josh ends his first sentence with a question mark in place of a period. || "Mr." is misspelled as "'''mr'''". || "'''m'''r" should be capitalized.
|-
| [[fan club]] || David uses two apostrophes in the word "it'''’’'''s" which shouldn't have any, and uses the word "who'''se'''" when he should have used the word "who’s". || ''None'' || ''None''
|-
| [[pet show]] || The email's greeting does not have a comma at the end of it. || The term "Haihai" is written in [[Wikipedia:lolcat|lolspeak]]. || ''None''
|-
| [[licensed]] || No commas where needed. || Pimple is misspelled as Pilmple. || Did not capitalize "'''t'''he Cheat", "'''s'''trong Bad" and "'''r'''eceiving".
|-
| [[shapeshifter]] || Paxton Westergard did not separate his name and the town where he is from by using either a line break or a comma. || "What" is misspelled as "w'''ah'''t". || ''None''
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| [[SBCG4AP Advertisement]] || "To" should be in the phrase "You '''need make'''". || "Best" is misspelled as "b'''r'''st". || ''None''
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| [[specially marked]] || ''None'' || Misspells "cereal" as "cer'''i'''al". || ''None''
|-
| [[love poems]] || There are unnecessary square brackets around the word "Bad", and "my words which I speak" is unusually phrased (though probably intended for comic effect). || The words "absotively" (a portmanteau of "absolutely" and "positively") and "blunderous" are not generally regarded as correct English (though again, this may have been intended for comic effect).  || ''None''
|-
| [[hiding]] || The first sentence omits a question mark. There are three cases for the second sentence: "'''you right.'''" is missing a comma and a question mark, the sentence ends with an unnecessary "right", or there is a word missing at the end of the sentence. || "N'''oo'''ne" is spelled as one word. || ''None''
|-
| [[your edge]] || ''None'' || Misspells "shenanigans" as "she'''nn'''anigans", and "haven’t" as "h'''e'''ven’t".  || ''None''
|-
| [[magic trick]] || Uses the singular article "a" in "He'''r''' are '''a''' tips", and the preposition "to" rather than "for".|| Misspells "Here" as "He'''r'''". || Fails to capitalize "'''s'''weden" and "'''h'''omestar '''r'''unner".
|-
| [[being mean]] || Types a period instead of a question mark after question || ''None'' || ''None''
|-
| [[email thunder]] || The sentence in the body is a run-on || Misspells "us" as "us'''e'''" || ''None''
|-
| [[imaginary]] || ''None'' || ''None'' || "'''M'''y" should be capitalized.
|-
| [[dictionary]] || Describes Strong Bad as the '''"superest"''', '''"awesomest"''' guy ever || Spells "fo'''r'''" as "fo" || ''None''
|}

===Other Poorly Written Emails===
This is the list for bonus emails in the [[strongbad_email.exe]] DVD extras.

{| class="wikitable"
! Email<!-- Please add new errors in the order of the email it was in! --> !! Poor Grammar and Punctuation !! Poor Spelling !! Poor Capitalization
|-
| [[E-mail Birds]] || Bettina's email is missing punctuation; Jeffrey uses the word "dork" too often; Naomi has a tenuous grasp on the English language || ''None'' || bettina's email has no capitalization
|-
| [[Videro Games]] || There are two cases for the first sentence: "What is your opinion of the effects "'''of in'''" video games on children?" has an unnecessary "in", or it is missing a word between "of" and "in". || ''None'' || ''None''
|}

== Emails that spell Strong Bad/Strong Badia as one word ==
[[File:virtualpaper.png|thumb|Email ''who'' now?]]
Strong Bad and/or [[Strong Badia]] are sometimes incorrectly written as single words in the [[Strong Bad Email By Greeting|greeting]], [[Strong Bad Email Sender's Subject|subject]], or body of an email.

Beyond simple misspellings, the proliferation of "Strongbad" is likely due in part to how his name is rendered in various facets of the email-checking process. As email addresses cannot include spaces, "'''strongbad'''@homestarrunner.com" may have led people to believe his name was simply "Strongbad". Similarly, Strong Bad typically checks his email using [[Strong Bad's Technology|the application]] "'''strongbad'''_email.exe" ("'''strongbad'''&#39;s_email" on the [[Tandy 400]]), a name shared by [[strongbad_email.exe|the Strong Bad Email DVD series]].

Although [[The Paper]] (and [[New Paper|its successor]]) read "Click here to e-mail '''strong bad'''", the [[Compé-per]] instead read "click to email '''strongbad'''", an oddity rectified by the [[CGI Paper]] using "email '''strong bad'''" again as usual.

This issue, which has continued through posts directed to [[@StrongBadActual]], is {{prs|1297215902254075905|22|Aug|2020|alt=occasionally remarked upon}} by Strong Bad.

<table width="95%">
<autocolumn cols="2" width="40%">
*[[halloweener]] {{--}} "Dear Strongbad,"
*[[sugarbob]] {{--}} "DEAR STRONGBAD"
*[[ghosts]] {{--}} "Are there any ghosts in Strongbadia?"
*[[fingers]] {{--}} The second email opens with "Yo Strongbad."
*[[2 emails]] {{--}} During the fast forward, an email is shown that reads "Hey Strongbad."
*[[privileges]] {{--}} "Dear strongbad,"
**Strong Bad reads his typed-together name especially quickly.
*[[pom pom]] {{--}} "Dear Strongbad,"
*[[crying]] {{--}} "YO Yo Strongbad, Hey Strongbad..."
*[[part-time job]] {{--}} "Dear Strongbad,"
*[[dreamail]] {{--}} "Hey StrongBad"
*[[long pants]] {{--}} "Dear Strongbad,"
*[[do over]] {{--}} "Dear Strongbad,"
*[[boring (really)]] {{--}} "Dear Strongbad,"
*[[space program]] {{--}} "Dear Strongbad, Does Strongbadia have a space program?"
*[[secret identity]] {{--}} "Dear Strongbad,"
*[[myths & legends]] {{--}} "Hey Strongbad," (the subject similarly reads "Hey Strongbad!")
**Strong Bad reads the misspelling of his name as "Two words. Two different words. That are not one word. That are 'Strong' and 'Bad'."
**The email mentions "Strong Badia", correctly spelling it as two words.
*[[candy product]] {{--}} "Dear Strongbad"
*[[keep cool]] {{--}} "How hot is it right now in Strongbadia?"
*[[trading cards]] {{--}} "Hey Strongbad-"
*[[what i want]] {{--}} "Dear Strongbad,"
*[[looking old]] {{--}} "Dear Strongbad,"
*[[unnatural]] {{--}} "Hey Strongbad,"
**The email mentions "Strong Badia", correctly spelling it as two words.
*[[rough copy]] {{--}} "Dear Strongbad,"
*[[more armies]] {{--}} "I have three sons that wish to join the Strongbadia army."
**The email's subject line spells "Strong Badia's Army" correctly.
*[[the paper]] {{--}} "Dear Strongbad,"
*[[mini-golf]] {{--}} "Helllooooooo Strongbad,"
*[[hygiene]] {{--}} "Dear Strongbad,"
*[[pizza joint]] {{--}} "I was wondering if there is a pizza joint somewhere in Strongbadia"
**"Strong Bad" is spelled as two words in the email's greeting.
*[[nightlife]] {{--}} "I was wondering what the nightlife is like in strongbadia?"
**"Strong Bad" is spelled as two words in the email's subject.
*[[shapeshifter]] {{--}} "Dear Strongbad,"
*[[specially marked]] {{--}} "Hey ho, Strongbad."
*[[your edge]] {{--}} "Hey Strongbad-"
*[[magic trick]] {{--}} subject: "Srongbad email"
</autocolumn>
</table>

==See Also==
*[[Strong Bad's Spelling]]
*[[Stong Bad]]

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