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[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 113 points 4 months ago

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

[-] snooggums@midwest.social 38 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)
[-] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 35 points 4 months ago

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

[-] snooggums@midwest.social 12 points 4 months ago

Only if the dogs have space worms.

[-] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 10 points 4 months ago

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

[-] jdf038@mander.xyz 2 points 4 months ago
[-] lseif@sopuli.xyz 5 points 4 months ago
[-] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

The ' is silent.

[-] Piemanding@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 months ago

m'bowl. Tips hat

[-] lugal@lemmy.world 57 points 4 months ago

Time flies like an arrow
Fruit flies like a banana

[-] gens@programming.dev 6 points 4 months ago

You'd think they'd like grapes more.

[-] lugal@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago

Are you talking about fruit flies or time flies?

[-] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 23 points 4 months ago
[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

Strike. Strike. Strike strike strike. Strike!

[-] SkybreakerEngineer@lemmy.world 21 points 4 months ago

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

[-] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 10 points 4 months ago

Aw shit. Here we go again.

[-] zweieuro@lemmy.world 20 points 4 months 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 4 months 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 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

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

[-] then_three_more@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months 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 4 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 4 months 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 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months 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 4 months 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 4 months 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 4 months ago

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

[-] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 17 points 4 months ago

Dad saw this as a teachable moment.

[-] sundray@lemmus.org 6 points 4 months ago

Dad, noticing the missing apostrophe

"Oh-ho, the game is afoot!"

[-] kinsnik@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months 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 4 months 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 4 months ago

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

[-] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago
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