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[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 113 points 1 year ago

It's his fault really, there's no apostrophe.

[-] snooggums@midwest.social 38 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[-] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 35 points 1 year ago

That's silly. It's dogs b'owl.

[-] snooggums@midwest.social 12 points 1 year ago

Only if the dogs have space worms.

[-] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago

Listen. If my dogs want space worms, I'm going to get them space worms.

[-] lseif@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 year ago
[-] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The ' is silent.

[-] Piemanding@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

m'bowl. Tips hat

[-] lugal@lemmy.world 58 points 1 year ago

Time flies like an arrow
Fruit flies like a banana

[-] gens@programming.dev 6 points 1 year ago

You'd think they'd like grapes more.

[-] lugal@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Are you talking about fruit flies or time flies?

[-] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 23 points 1 year ago
[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Strike. Strike. Strike strike strike. Strike!

[-] SkybreakerEngineer@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

Hey Nico, it's your dog, let's go bowling

[-] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago

Aw shit. Here we go again.

[-] zweieuro@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

Non native so maybe it just gets lost, but I don't get it?

Is the error that the possessive 's is missing at 'dogs' ? If so, then its plural... I don't get it ^^'

[-] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

Yes, they forgot the apostrophe, so the Dad took "Have you seen the dogs bowl?" to mean "Have you seen the dogs go bowling?"

[-] zweieuro@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Oohhh OK, now I get it. I was missing that 'bowl' is short for bowling.

[-] then_three_more@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You could also read it as a vowel.

(in bowling) to roll a ball along a smooth surface during a game of bowls or bowling

(in Cricket) to throw a ball towards a batsman (= the player who hits the ball) using a vertical circular movement of the arm while running:

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/bowl

[-] pipes@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

It's not short for bowling (although it can be expressed like that too), it's the infinitive form of the verb, to bowl. "Have you seen the birds fly?"

[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

While that gives the response more legitimacy, dads don't actually care about the grammar and will make a smart ass response just based on how the question sounds.

[-] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Have you seen the bowl belonging to the dog? (The intended question of the asker. You're right, it's missing the possessive.)

vs.

Have you seen the dogs bowling? (The dad's perfect misinterpretation.)

[-] lugal@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

You're on the right track. The possessive 's is missing which would make it the bowl of the dog (as intended). The way it is written, "bowl" could be a verb as in "have you seen the dogs when they bowl". Hope that makes sense and I'm a non native myself so not 100% sure myself

[-] Tyoda@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Yep, that's it. This way "bowl" becomes a verb and the sentence means "Have you seen the dogs play bowling?".

[-] dogsnest@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

If only there'd been an apostrophe....

[-] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

Dad saw this as a teachable moment.

[-] sundray@lemmus.org 6 points 1 year ago

Dad, noticing the missing apostrophe

"Oh-ho, the game is afoot!"

[-] kinsnik@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

at first i though this was talking about the Puppy Bowl that is broadcasted before the superb owl, and yes, it is something that everyone should watch

[-] aaaa@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

It used to be at the same time, so you'd have to choose between the two

You know which one I was more interested in

[-] grue@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Wait, if it's not providing a better alternative to the sportsball then what even is the point?

[-] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago
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