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	~~''The Commando Obsoiver''~~

	~~On a few occasions, '''the "er" sound in a word is pronounced as an "oi" sound''', usually spoken by~~ [[Strong Bad]]. This is probably parodying [[New York dialect\|Brooklyn accents]]. Incidentally, [[Coach Z]]'s and [[Bubs]]' accents often cause the inverse to happen which, interestingly enough, sometimes happens in real life as a result of hypercorrection.

	== "Er" as "Oi" ==

	* [[In Search of the Yello Dello]] — When [[Marzipan]] slaps [[Homestar Runner]], [[The Yello Dello]] remarks, "Gee, whaddaya think '''hoi''' problem was?"
	* Email [[lackey]] — Strong Bad says "supa '''soivice'''" when giving [[The Cheat]] a comment on his fast service when he was ordered to get Strong Bad a cantaloupe.
	* Email [[the facts]] — Strong Bad says, "once again, '''obsoive'''."
	* Email [[english paper]] ([[english paper\|DVD version]]) — Strong Bad says "what I like to call a little '''inshoirance'''" about the money he taped on the English paper.
	* Email [[radio]] — Strong Bad tells the viewer to "listen and '''loin'''".
	* Email [[record book]] — Strong Bad says to [[The King of Town]], "Nice '''woik'''!"
	* [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 5]] — The [[Podstar Runner\|Podcast]] description reads, "Four teenage girls on Spring Type Break dream of reaching '''foist''' base."
	* Email [[your funeral]] — Strong Bad briefly considers having himself "'''taxidoimied'''" when he dies.
	* Email [[from work]] — Strong Bad says he'd better "get back to '''woik'''".
	* Email [[underlings]] — Strong Bad says he's an "'''expoit'''" at dealing with smelly underlings.
	* [[Toikey TV\|'''Toikey''' TV]]
	* [[Blubb-O's Commercial]] — In the Easter egg, Bubs says he wants "a dang '''[[Hamburgers\|hambloiger]]'''".
	* [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 14]] — The summary on the [[TV Time Toons Menu\|TV Time Toons menu]] reads, "Last day of school for the '''goyles'''."
	* Email [[love poems]] — In a [[Teen Girl Squad]] clip in the email, Cheerleader's shirt reads "'''poifect'''".
	* [[Strong Badia the Free]] —
	** Strong Bad says "Today, I take over the '''woild'''!"
	** The King of Town reads an email from "New '''Joisey'''".
	* [[Baddest of the Bands]] — When Strong Bad first talks to Strong Mad in his room, he asks him, "What's the '''woid''', big guy?"
	* [[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective]] — When Bubs as [[Baron Darin Diamonocle]] talks to Strong Bad as [[Dangeresque (character)\|Dangeresque]] on the phone, he says that Perducci is passing himself off as an "'''underwoild''' informant".
	* [[Career Day]] — The blocks that [[Homsar]] stacks on his table read "'''toid'''."
	* [[sbemailiarized\|Sbemailiarized]] — There is a picture of a hamburger, which Strong Bad calls a "'''hambroiger'''".
	* [[2 Part Episode: Part 1]] — [[Gunhaver]] reads a newspaper named "'''Commando Obsoiver'''".
	* [[Where My Hat Is At? (toon)]] — Strong Bad exclaims "Of all the dumb luck in the '''woild'''!".
	* Email [[independent]] — In the [[YouTube]] version, Strong Bad ends with, "I gotta go raid [[Pom Pom]]'s craft '''soivice''' table."
	* [[Soap Box Doiby\|Soap Box '''Doiby''']]
	* [[Poker Night at the Inventory]] — Strong Bad says adopting a strategy of wanton deception is "not the '''woist''' idea I ever '''hoid'''".
	* [[Strong Bad Classics!]] — [[Strong Sad]] says his wisdom teeth get removed "every summer like '''clockwoik'''".
	* Email [[too cool]] — Strong Bad tells Bubs to '''insoit''' the tape of [[Senor Cardgage]]'s [[Character Videos\|character video]].

	~~== "Oi" as "Er" ==~~

	~~''See also [[Terlet]]''~~

	* [[Decemberween Sweet Cuppin' Cakes]] — [[The Wheelchair]] prepares "'''berled''' holiday cabbage".
	* [[HomestarRunner.com PAY PLUS!]] — [[Cheerleader]]'s shirt reads "'''sperled''' rott'n".
	* [[Sbemail 150?!?]] — The filename spells "149 point 5" as "'''149pernt5'''".
	* [[@StrongBadActual]] — Strong Bad imagines a user called "[https://twitter.com/lizzylizzard04 @lizzylizzard04]" as a bottle of '''Olive Url'''.
	* [[Needlepoint]] — The toon's name as of the [[Post-Flash Site Update\|post-Flash site update]] is "'''Needlepernt'''".
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On a few occasions, '''the "er" sound in a word is pronounced as an "oi" sound''', usually spoken by [[Strong Bad]]. This is probably parodying [[New York dialect|Brooklyn accents]]. Incidentally, [[Coach Z]]'s and [[Bubs]]' accents often cause the inverse to happen which, interestingly enough, sometimes happens in real life as a result of hypercorrection.

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== <span class="mw-headline"> "Er" as "Oi" </span> ==

* [[In Search of the Yello Dello]] — When [[Marzipan]] slaps [[Homestar Runner]], [[The Yello Dello]] remarks, "Gee, whaddaya think '''hoi''' problem was?"
* Email [[lackey]] — Strong Bad says "supa '''soivice'''" when giving [[The Cheat]] a comment on his fast service when he was ordered to get Strong Bad a cantaloupe.
* Email [[the facts]] — Strong Bad says, "once again, '''obsoive'''."
* Email [[english paper]] ([[english paper|DVD version]]) — Strong Bad says "what I like to call a little '''inshoirance'''" about the money he taped on the English paper.
* Email [[radio]] — Strong Bad tells the viewer to "listen and '''loin'''".
* Email [[record book]] — Strong Bad says to [[The King of Town]], "Nice '''woik'''!"
* [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 5]] — The [[Podstar Runner|Podcast]] description reads, "Four teenage girls on Spring Type Break dream of reaching '''foist''' base."
* Email [[your funeral]] — Strong Bad briefly considers having himself "'''taxidoimied'''" when he dies.
* Email [[from work]] — Strong Bad says he'd better "get back to '''woik'''".
* Email [[underlings]] — Strong Bad says he's an "'''expoit'''" at dealing with smelly underlings.
* [[Toikey TV]]
* [[Blubb-O's Commercial]] — In the Easter egg, Bubs says he wants "a dang '''[[Hamburgers|hambloiger]]'''".
* [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 14]] — The summary on the [[TV Time Toons Menu|TV Time Toons menu]] reads, "Last day of school for the '''goyles'''."
* Email [[love poems]] — In a [[Teen Girl Squad]] clip in the email, Cheerleader's shirt reads "'''poifect'''".
* [[Strong Badia the Free]] —
** Strong Bad says "Today, I take over the '''woild'''!"
** The King of Town reads an email from "New '''Joisey'''".
* [[Baddest of the Bands]] — When Strong Bad first talks to Strong Mad in his room, he asks him, "What's the '''woid''', big guy?"
* [[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective]] — When Bubs as [[Baron Darin Diamonocle]] talks to Strong Bad as [[Dangeresque (character)|Dangeresque]] on the phone, he says that Perducci is passing himself off as an "'''underwoild''' informant".
* [[Career Day]] — The blocks that [[Homsar]] stacks on his table read "'''toid'''."
* [[sbemailiarized|Sbemailiarized]] — There is a picture of a hamburger, which Strong Bad calls a "'''hambroiger'''".
* [[Cheat Commandos: Two Part Episode: Part 1]] — [[Gunhaver]] reads a newspaper named "'''Commando Obsoiver'''".
* [[Where My Hat Is At? (toon)]] — Strong Bad exclaims "Of all the dumb luck in the '''woild'''!".
* Email [[independent]] — In the [[YouTube]] version, Strong Bad ends with, "I gotta go raid [[Pom Pom]]'s craft '''soivice''' table."
* [[Soap Box Doiby]]
* [[Poker Night at the Inventory]] — Strong Bad says adopting a strategy of wanton deception is "not the '''woist''' idea I ever '''hoid'''".
* [[Strong Bad Classics!]] — [[Strong Sad]] says his wisdom teeth get removed "every summer like '''clockwoik'''".
* Email [[too cool]] — Strong Bad tells Bubs to '''insoit''' the tape of [[Senor Cardgage]]'s [[Character Videos|character video]].
* [[@StrongBadActual]] tweet ([[@StrongBadActual Tweets 2022|24 May 2022]]) — Strong Bad calls the [[Suudsu]] [[Melt Shake]] with the [[Piemonade]]'s slice of pie "the best of both '''woilds'''".

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== <span class="mw-headline"> "Oi" as "Er" </span> ==

''See also [[Terlet]]''

* [[Decemberween Sweet Cuppin' Cakes]] — [[The Wheelchair]] prepares "'''berled''' holiday cabbage".
* [[HomestarRunner.com: PAY PLUS!]] — [[Cheerleader]]'s shirt reads "'''sperled''' rott'n".
* [[Sbemail 150?!?]] — The filename spells "149 point 5" as "'''149pernt5'''".
* [[Homestar Ruiner]] — Bubs responds to Strong Bad's observation with "case and '''pernt'''".
* [[@StrongBadActual]] — Strong Bad imagines a user called "[https://twitter.com/lizzylizzard04 @lizzylizzard04]" as a bottle of '''Olive Url'''.
* [[Needlepernt]] — The toon's name is "'''Needlepernt'''".

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	* [[Career Day]] — The blocks that [[Homsar]] stacks on his table read "'''toid'''."		* [[Career Day]] — The blocks that [[Homsar]] stacks on his table read "'''toid'''."
	* [[sbemailiarized\|Sbemailiarized]] — There is a picture of a hamburger, which Strong Bad calls a "'''hambroiger'''".		* [[sbemailiarized\|Sbemailiarized]] — There is a picture of a hamburger, which Strong Bad calls a "'''hambroiger'''".
	* [[2 Part Episode: Part 1]] — [[Gunhaver]] reads a newspaper named "'''Commando Obsoiver'''".		* [[Cheat Commandos: Two Part Episode: Part 1]] — [[Gunhaver]] reads a newspaper named "'''Commando Obsoiver'''".
	* [[Where My Hat Is At? (toon)]] — Strong Bad exclaims "Of all the dumb luck in the '''woild'''!".		* [[Where My Hat Is At? (toon)]] — Strong Bad exclaims "Of all the dumb luck in the '''woild'''!".
	* Email [[independent]] — In the [[YouTube]] version, Strong Bad ends with, "I gotta go raid [[Pom Pom]]'s craft '''soivice''' table."		* Email [[independent]] — In the [[YouTube]] version, Strong Bad ends with, "I gotta go raid [[Pom Pom]]'s craft '''soivice''' table."
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	* [[Strong Bad Classics!]] — [[Strong Sad]] says his wisdom teeth get removed "every summer like '''clockwoik'''".		* [[Strong Bad Classics!]] — [[Strong Sad]] says his wisdom teeth get removed "every summer like '''clockwoik'''".
	* Email [[too cool]] — Strong Bad tells Bubs to '''insoit''' the tape of [[Senor Cardgage]]'s [[Character Videos\|character video]].		* Email [[too cool]] — Strong Bad tells Bubs to '''insoit''' the tape of [[Senor Cardgage]]'s [[Character Videos\|character video]].
			* [[@StrongBadActual]] tweet ([[@StrongBadActual Tweets 2022\|24 May 2022]]) — Strong Bad calls the [[Suudsu]] [[Melt Shake]] with the [[Piemonade]]'s slice of pie "the best of both '''woilds'''".

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	* [[Decemberween Sweet Cuppin' Cakes]] — [[The Wheelchair]] prepares "'''berled''' holiday cabbage".		* [[Decemberween Sweet Cuppin' Cakes]] — [[The Wheelchair]] prepares "'''berled''' holiday cabbage".
	* [[HomestarRunner.com PAY PLUS!]] — [[Cheerleader]]'s shirt reads "'''sperled''' rott'n".		* [[HomestarRunner.com: PAY PLUS!]] — [[Cheerleader]]'s shirt reads "'''sperled''' rott'n".
	* [[Sbemail 150?!?]] — The filename spells "149 point 5" as "'''149pernt5'''".		* [[Sbemail 150?!?]] — The filename spells "149 point 5" as "'''149pernt5'''".
			* [[Homestar Ruiner]] — Bubs responds to Strong Bad's observation with "case and '''pernt'''".
	* [[@StrongBadActual]] — Strong Bad imagines a user called "[https://twitter.com/lizzylizzard04 @lizzylizzard04]" as a bottle of '''Olive Url'''.		* [[@StrongBadActual]] — Strong Bad imagines a user called "[https://twitter.com/lizzylizzard04 @lizzylizzard04]" as a bottle of '''Olive Url'''.
	* [[~~Needlepoint~~]] — The toon's name ~~as of the [[Post-Flash Site Update\|post-Flash site update]]~~ is "'''Needlepernt'''".		* [[Needlepernt]] — The toon's name is "'''Needlepernt'''".

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