gedaliyah@lemmy.world to Dad Jokes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoA short drive from Limerick, Irelandlemmy.worldimagemessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
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minus-squareDalvoron@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-23 months agoMy favourite language joke: What’s the difference between a cat and a comma? One’s got claws at the end of its paws, the other’s a pause at the end of a clause *fixed order
minus-squareRampantParanoia2365@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoBut a comma goes before the pause.
minus-squarepyre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoyeah doesn’t even work with the classic joke format, in which the words switch places. I’m sure the joke should actually be: one has claws at the end of its paws, one denotes a pause at the end of a clause.
minus-squareDalvoron@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoYes I did mix up the order of the words cause of poor sleep. Thanks for correcting
My favourite language joke:
What’s the difference between a cat and a comma?
One’s got claws at the end of its paws, the other’s a pause at the end of a clause
*fixed order
But a comma goes before the pause.
yeah doesn’t even work with the classic joke format, in which the words switch places. I’m sure the joke should actually be:
one has claws at the end of its paws, one denotes a pause at the end of a clause.
Yes I did mix up the order of the words cause of poor sleep. Thanks for correcting