The Picard Maneuver to Dad [email protected]English • 2 months agoYou have to see itlemmy.worldimagemessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up1898arrow-down113cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squareThe Picard ManeuverOPlinkfedilinkEnglish21•2 months agoYes, they forgot the apostrophe, so the Dad took “Have you seen the dogs bowl?” to mean “Have you seen the dogs go bowling?”
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish17•edit-22 months agoOohhh OK, now I get it. I was missing that ‘bowl’ is short for bowling.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•edit-22 months agoYou 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
minus-square@pipeslinkEnglish2•2 months agoIt’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?”
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish14•2 months agoWhile 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.
Yes, they forgot the apostrophe, so the Dad took “Have you seen the dogs bowl?” to mean “Have you seen the dogs go bowling?”
Oohhh OK, now I get it. I was missing that ‘bowl’ is short for bowling.
You could also read it as a vowel.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/bowl
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?”
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.