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| <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:182px;"><a class="image" href="/index.php?title=File:weclome1.png" title="Homestar weclomes trick-or-treaters"><img alt="" border="0" class="thumbimage" height="34" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www.hrwiki.org/w/images/thumb/a/ab/weclome1.png/180px-weclome1.png" width="180"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a class="internal" href="/index.php?title=File:weclome1.png" title="Enlarge"><img alt="" height="11" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www.hrwiki.org/w/skins/common/images/magnify-clip.png" width="15"/></a></div>Homestar weclomes trick-or-treaters</div></div></div>
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| <p>Sometimes the various <a href="/index.php?title=Characters" title="Characters">characters</a> use <b>unusual greetings</b>. They bear resemblance to conventional greetings, usually with just a different spelling.
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| | ''Homestar weclomes trick-or-treaters'' |
| <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a class="image" href="/index.php?title=File:weclome2.png" title="Weclome ladies/girls"><img alt="" border="0" class="thumbimage" height="49" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www.hrwiki.org/w/images/thumb/f/f6/weclome2.png/220px-weclome2.png" width="220"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a class="internal" href="/index.php?title=File:weclome2.png" title="Enlarge"><img alt="" height="11" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www.hrwiki.org/w/skins/common/images/magnify-clip.png" width="15"/></a></div>Weclome ladies/girls</div></div></div>
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| <ul><li>Email <a href="/index.php?title=2_emails" title="2 emails">2 emails</a> — The welcome banner for the <a href="/index.php?title=Ladies%27_Choice_Awards" title="Ladies' Choice Awards">Ladies' Choice Awards</a> says "weclome ladies/girls".
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| </li><li><a href="/index.php?title=Malloween_Commercial" title="Malloween Commercial">Malloween Commercial</a> — <a href="/index.php?title=Homestar_Runner" title="Homestar Runner">Homestar Runner</a>'s doormat reads "weclome".
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| </li><li><a href="/index.php?title=Pulse_Interview_-_May_2004" title="Pulse Interview - May 2004">Pulse Interview - May 2004</a> — Pulse interviews the <a href="/index.php?title=Videlectrix" title="Videlectrix">Videlectrix</a> CEO (<a href="/index.php?title=Matt_Chapman" title="Matt Chapman">Matt Chapman</a> in disguise), who greets them with a hearty "Weclome!"
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| </li><li><a href="/index.php?title=Weclome_Back" title="Weclome Back">Weclome Back</a> — The <a href="/index.php?title=Toons" title="Toons">toon</a> is titled with this misspelling.
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| </li><li><a href="/index.php?title=RPS_Interview_-_17_Dec_2008" title="RPS Interview - 17 Dec 2008">RPS Interview - 17 Dec 2008</a> — The <a href="/index.php?title=Videlectrix_Guys" title="Videlectrix Guys">Videlectrix Guys</a> greet the interviewer with "Weclome to Videlectrix!"
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| </li><li><a href="/index.php?title=Strong_Sad%27s_Severed_Soolnds" title="Strong Sad's Severed Soolnds">Strong Sad's Severed Soolnds</a> — <a href="/index.php?title=Strong_Bad" title="Strong Bad">Strong Bad</a> greets the viewers this way in this episode of <a href="/index.php?title=Skills_of_an_Artist" title="Skills of an Artist">Skills of an Artist</a>. This is the first time it has been said out loud outside of the DVD commentary for <a href="/index.php?title=Weclome_Back" title="Weclome Back">Weclome Back</a>.
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| <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:182px;"><a class="image" href="/index.php?title=File:datingprolif.png" title='"helscome my dating prolif."'><img alt="" border="0" class="thumbimage" height="130" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www.hrwiki.org/w/images/thumb/f/ff/datingprolif.png/180px-datingprolif.png" width="180"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a class="internal" href="/index.php?title=File:datingprolif.png" title="Enlarge"><img alt="" height="11" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www.hrwiki.org/w/skins/common/images/magnify-clip.png" width="15"/></a></div>"helscome my dating prolif."</div></div></div>
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| <ul><li><a href="/index.php?title=Homestar_Runner%27s_Website" title="Homestar Runner's Website">Homestar Runner's Website</a> — Homestar greets the reader with "helscome my website".
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| </li><li><a href="/index.php?title=Flash_is_Dead%21" title="Flash is Dead!">Flash is Dead!</a> (Easter egg) — Homestar Runner's Website has been turned into a "dating prolif", so this word appears again.
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| </li><li><a href="/index.php?title=Disk_4_of_12_-_Vampire%27s_Castle" title="Disk 4 of 12 - Vampire's Castle">Disk 4 of 12 - Vampire's Castle</a> — The <a href="/index.php?title=Powered_by_The_Cheat" title="Powered by The Cheat">Powered by The Cheat</a> illustration of the rusty door has a mat in front of the door that reads "HELSCOME".
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| <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:102px;"><a class="image" href="/index.php?title=File:Quote_Of_Week_Box_Design_All.PNG" title='"Oh Haldo!"'><img alt="" border="0" class="thumbimage" height="216" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www.hrwiki.org/w/images/thumb/3/34/Quote_Of_Week_Box_Design_All.PNG/100px-Quote_Of_Week_Box_Design_All.PNG" width="100"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a class="internal" href="/index.php?title=File:Quote_Of_Week_Box_Design_All.PNG" title="Enlarge"><img alt="" height="11" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www.hrwiki.org/w/skins/common/images/magnify-clip.png" width="15"/></a></div>"Oh Haldo!"</div></div></div>
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| <ul><li><a href="/index.php?title=Peasant%27s_Quest" title="Peasant's Quest">Peasant's Quest</a> — <a href="/index.php?title=Mendelev_and_Dongolev" title="Mendelev and Dongolev">Mendelev and Dongolev</a> use the greeting "haldo". When <a href="/index.php?title=Rather_Dashing" title="Rather Dashing">Rather Dashing</a> asks Mendelev if he meant "hello", the archer clarifies "I said 'haldo' and I meant 'haldo.'"
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| </li><li><a href="/index.php?title=Peasant%27s_Quest_Movie_Trailer" title="Peasant's Quest Movie Trailer">Peasant's Quest Movie Trailer</a> — Mendelev and Dongolev greet Rather Dashing using "haldo".
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| </li><li><a href="/index.php?title=Quote_of_the_Week" title="Quote of the Week">Quote of the Week</a> — If there is a problem finding the <a href="/index.php?title=XML_Sources" title="XML Sources">weeklies.xml</a> file, a soundless Quote of the Week will appear, with Homestar greeting you this way.
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| </li><li><a href="/index.php?title=Trogdor%21%21_The_Board_Game_Rulebook_EP" title="Trogdor!! The Board Game Rulebook EP">Trogdor!! The Board Game Rulebook EP</a> — The <a href="/index.php?title=Bigg_Nife" title="Bigg Nife">Bigg Nife</a> song "<a class="mw-redirect" href="/index.php?title=The_Archer_%28song%29" title="The Archer (song)">The Archer</a>", which is about Mendelev and Dongolev, features the word "haldo" in its lyrics.
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| <div class="floatright"><a class="image" href="/index.php?title=File:HELLOTE.PNG" title='"HELLOTE."'><img alt='"HELLOTE."' border="0" height="145" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www.hrwiki.org/w/images/thumb/3/3e/HELLOTE.PNG/200px-HELLOTE.PNG" width="200"/></a></div>
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| <ul><li><a href="/index.php?title=Marzipan%27s_Answering_Machine_Version_5.0" title="Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 5.0">Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 5.0</a> — Strong Bad, acting as a British constable, erroneously uses the valediction "cheerio" as a greeting.
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| </li><li>Email <a href="/index.php?title=alternate_universe" title="alternate universe">alternate universe</a> — <a href="/index.php?title=Vector_Strong_Bad" title="Vector Strong Bad">Vector Strong Bad</a> greets Strong Bad with "HELLOTE". Given Vector Strong Bad's nature, this is probably an instance of <a class="mw-redirect" href="/index.php?title=Engrish" title="Engrish">Engrish</a>.
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| </li><li>Email <a href="/index.php?title=diorama" title="diorama">diorama</a> (Easter egg) — In an advertisement for <a href="/index.php?title=Air_Cardgage" title="Air Cardgage">Air Cardgage</a> shoes, <a href="/index.php?title=Senor_Cardgage" title="Senor Cardgage">Senor Cardgage</a> greets the viewer with the <a href="/index.php?title=Portmanteaus" title="Portmanteaus">portmanteau</a> "helloquialism".
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| | Sometimes the various [[Characters|characters]] use '''unusual greetings'''. They bear resemblance to conventional greetings, usually with just a different spelling. |
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| | == Weclome == |
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| | ''Weclome ladies/girls'' |
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| | * Email [[2 emails]] — The welcome banner for the [[Ladies' Choice Awards]] says "weclome ladies/girls". |
| | * [[Malloween Commercial]] — [[Homestar Runner]]'s doormat reads "weclome". |
| | * [[Pulse Interview - May 2004]] — Pulse interviews the [[Videlectrix]] CEO ([[Matt Chapman]] in disguise), who greets them with a hearty "Weclome!" |
| | * [[Weclome Back]] — The [[Toons|toon]] is titled with this misspelling. |
| | * [[RPS Interview - 17 Dec 2008]] — The [[Videlectrix Guys]] greet the interviewer with "Weclome to Videlectrix!" |
| | * [[Strong Sad's Severed Soolnds]] — [[Strong Bad]] greets the viewers this way in this episode of [[Skills of an Artist]]. This is the first time it has been said out loud outside of the DVD commentary for [[Weclome Back]]. |
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| | == Helscome == |
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| | ''"helscome my dating prolif."'' |
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| | * [[Homestar Runner's Website]] — Homestar greets the reader with "helscome my website". |
| | * [[Tis True, Pom Pom, Tis True]] ([[Tis True, Pom Pom, Tis True|DVD commentary]]) — Matt Chapman says "helscome" while quoting Homestar Runner's Website. |
| | * [[Flash is Dead!]] (Easter egg) — Homestar Runner's Website has been turned into a "dating prolif", so this word appears again. |
| | * [[Disk 4 of 12 - Vampire's Castle]] — The [[Powered by The Cheat]] illustration of the rusty door has a mat in front of the door that reads "HELSCOME". |
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| | == Haldo == |
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| | ''"Oh Haldo!"'' |
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| | * [[Peasant's Quest]] — [[Mendelev and Dongolev]] use the greeting "haldo". When [[Rather Dashing]] asks Mendelev if he meant "hello", the archer clarifies "I said 'haldo' and I meant 'haldo.'" |
| | * [[Peasant's Quest Movie Trailer]] — Mendelev and Dongolev greet Rather Dashing using "haldo". |
| | * [[Quote of the Week]] — If there is a problem finding the [[XML Sources|weeklies.xml]] file, a soundless Quote of the Week will appear, with Homestar greeting you this way. |
| | * [[Trogdor!! The Board Game Rulebook EP]] — The [[Bigg Nife]] song "[[The Archer (song)|The Archer]]", which is about Mendelev and Dongolev, features the word "haldo" in its lyrics. |
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| | == Other Unusual Greetings == |
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| | * [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 5.0]] — Strong Bad, acting as a British constable, erroneously uses the valediction "cheerio" as a greeting. |
| | * [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 13.2]] — [[The Homestar Runner]]'s message starts with the greeting "hi-low". |
| | * Email [[alternate universe]] — [[Vector Strong Bad]] greets Strong Bad with "HELLOTE". Given Vector Strong Bad's nature, this is probably an instance of [[Engrish]]. |
| | * Email [[diorama]] (Easter egg) — In an advertisement for [[Air Cardgage]] shoes, [[Senor Cardgage]] greets the viewer with the [[Portmanteaus|portmanteau]] "helloquialism". |
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| | == See Also == |
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| | * [[Deliberately Poor English]] |
| | [[Category:Inside Jokes]] |
| | [[Category:Word running gags]] |
| | [[Category:Spelling and Grammar]] |
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