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''"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.

== Appearances ==

* Email [[impression]] — Coach Z says, "[[Bubs]], the hot [[Cold Cuts|cold cuts]] was great!"
* Email [[caffeine]] — Coach Z says to [[Strong Sad]], "You was tryin' to jank me!"
* [[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".
* Email [[rampage]] — Strong Bad says to Strong Sad, "I didn't know you was hood!"
* [[Puppet Jam: Bad Jokes]] ([[Puppet Jam: Bad Jokes|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".
* [[Senorial Day]] ([[Senorial Day|DVD commentary]]) — Strong Bad uses the phrase, "when we was kids".
* [[Happy Fireworks]] ([[Happy Fireworks|DVD commentary]]) — [[Matt Chapman]] says, "I did most of this while you was gone, Mike!"
* 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!"
* [[Marshie vs. Little Girl]] (Easter egg) — Homestar tells [[Little Girl]], "I thought you was a little ghoul."
* [[Jibblies 2]] — Coach Z tells Strong Bad, "I thought you was gonna dress up as [[Strong Bad's Teaser Costumes|the alien]] this year!"
* Email [[bike thief]] ([[bike thief|DVD commentary]]) — Strong Bad says, "Seems like that happened when we was kids."
* Email [[magic trick]] ([[magic trick|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]] —
** 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.
* [[On Break]] — Coach Z says, "I didn't know you was the [[Smoking|smokin']] type!"
* [[Pumpkin Stencils]] — When the [[Old-Timey Strong Bad]] [[Pumpkins|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..."
* [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2]] — Coach Z says, "The rest I would ignore if I was you."

== Variations ==

* [[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.
* The [[Homestarmy]]'s slogan is "Do you has what it takes?"
* Email [[hremail 3184]] — Coach Z finishes a sentence with "but now I don't has to!"

== See Also ==

* [[Deliberately Poor English]]
* [[Singular Instead of Plural]]
* [[I think I has the solution]]
[[Category:Word running gags]]
[[Category:Spelling and Grammar]]

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