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<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:182px;"><a class="image" href="/index.php?title=File:Homely_boy_brand_huge_tube_socks.PNG" title='"You might could sleep in one!"'><img alt="" border="0" class="thumbimage" height="219" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www.hrwiki.org/w/images/thumb/2/2d/Homely_boy_brand_huge_tube_socks.PNG/180px-Homely_boy_brand_huge_tube_socks.PNG" width="180"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a class="internal" href="/index.php?title=File:Homely_boy_brand_huge_tube_socks.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>"You might could sleep in one!"</div></div></div> | |||
<p>Instead of using simply "might" or "could", characters of the <a href="/index.php?title=Homestar_Runner_universe" title="Homestar Runner universe">Homestar Runner universe</a>, particularly <a href="/index.php?title=Homestar_Runner" title="Homestar Runner">Homestar Runner</a> himself, tend to sometimes say <b>might could</b> instead. | |||
Such usages of "non-standard" <a class="extiw" href="/index.php?title=Double_modal" title="wikipedia:Double modal">double modals</a> are common in the <a class="extiw" href="/index.php?title=Southern_American_English" title="wikipedia:Southern American English">vernacular</a> of the Southern United States, including <a href="/index.php?title=Georgia" title="Georgia">Georgia</a>, where <a href="/index.php?title=The_Brothers_Chaps" title="The Brothers Chaps">The Brothers Chaps</a> live. | |||
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<a id="Appearances" name="Appearances"></a><h2> <span class="mw-headline"> Appearances </span></h2> | |||
<ul><li>Email <a href="/index.php?title=modeling" title="modeling">modeling</a> — An ad for <a href="/index.php?title=Products_from_modeling" title="Products from modeling">Homely Boy Brand Huge Tube Socks</a> states that "You might could sleep in one!" | |||
</li><li><a href="/index.php?title=A_Death_Defying_Decemberween" title="A Death Defying Decemberween">A Death Defying Decemberween</a> — Homestar says that he "might could die" after sledding down the <a href="/index.php?title=Steep_Deep" title="Steep Deep">Steep Deep</a>. | |||
</li><li><a href="/index.php?title=Best_Caper_Ever" title="Best Caper Ever">Best Caper Ever</a> — Homestar exclaims, "I just can't stop wondering what I maybe might could be should be doing today!" | |||
</li><li>Email <a href="/index.php?title=too_cool" title="too cool">too cool</a> — <a href="/index.php?title=Senor_Cardgage" title="Senor Cardgage">Senor Cardgage</a> reveals his "Family Might/Could" during his <a href="/index.php?title=Character_Videos" title="Character Videos">character video</a>. | |||
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<a id="Variations" name="Variations"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline"> Variations </span></h3> | |||
<ul><li><a href="/index.php?title=Decemberweenvent_Calendar" title="Decemberweenvent Calendar">Decemberweenvent Calendar</a> — <a href="/index.php?title=Strong_Bad" title="Strong Bad">Strong Bad</a> uses the double modal "used to could". | |||
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Latest revision as of 21:00, 18 July 2026
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 modals are common in the vernacular of the Southern United States, including Georgia, where The Brothers Chaps live.
Appearances
- Email modeling — An ad for 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 video.
Variations
- Decemberweenvent Calendar — Strong Bad uses the double modal "used to could".
