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+''"You might could sleep in one!"''
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+Instead of using simply "might" or "could", characters of the [[Homestar Runner universe]], particularly [[Homestar Runner]] himself, tend to sometimes say '''might could''' instead.
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+Such usages of "non-standard" [[Double modal|double modals]] are common in the [[Southern American English|vernacular]] of the Southern United States, including [[Georgia]], where [[The Brothers Chaps]] live.
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+== Appearances ==
-[[File:Homely boy brand huge tube socks.PNG|[[File:magnify-clip.png|15px|thumb]]]]
+* Email [[modeling]] — An ad for [[Products from modeling|Homely Boy Brand Huge Tube Socks]] states that "You might could sleep in one!"
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+== See Also ==
 * [[Deliberately Poor English]]
 [[Category:Word running gags]]

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	* Email [[modeling]] — An ad for [[Products from modeling\|Homely Boy Brand Huge Tube Socks]] states that "You might could sleep in one!"		* Email [[modeling]] — An ad for [[Products from modeling\|Homely Boy Brand Huge Tube Socks]] states that "You might could sleep in one!"
	* [[A Death-Defying Decemberween]] — Homestar says that he "might could die" after sledding down the [[Steep Deep]].		* [[A Death Defying Decemberween]] — Homestar says that he "might could die" after sledding down the [[Steep Deep]].
	* [[Best Caper Ever]] — Homestar exclaims "I just can't stop wondering what I maybe might could be should be doing today!"		* [[Best Caper Ever]] — Homestar exclaims, "I just can't stop wondering what I maybe might could be should be doing today!"
	* Email [[too cool]] — [[Senor Cardgage]] reveals his "Family Might/Could" during his [[Character Videos\|character video]].		* Email [[too cool]] — [[Senor Cardgage]] reveals his "Family Might/Could" during his [[Character Videos\|character video]].

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			* [[Decemberweenvent Calendar]] — [[Strong Bad]] uses the double modal "used to could".

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Instead of using simply "might" or "could", characters of the [[Homestar Runner universe]], particularly [[Homestar Runner]] himself, tend to sometimes say '''might could''' instead. Such usages of "non-standard" [[Double modal|double modals]] are common in the [[Southern American English|vernacular]] of the Southern United States, including [[Georgia]], where [[The Brothers Chaps]] live.

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* Email [[modeling]] — An ad for [[Products from modeling|Homely Boy Brand Huge Tube Socks]] states that "You might could sleep in one!"
* [[A Death-Defying Decemberween]] — Homestar says that he "might could die" after sledding down the [[Steep Deep]].
* [[Best Caper Ever]] — Homestar exclaims "I just can't stop wondering what I maybe might could be should be doing today!"
* Email [[too cool]] — [[Senor Cardgage]] reveals his "Family Might/Could" during his [[Character Videos|character video]].

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* [[Deliberately Poor English]]

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[/wiki/Special:Categories Category]: <span dir="ltr">[[Category:Word running gags|Word running gags]]</span>

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