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[-] Deebster@programming.dev 32 points 2 years ago

What's this kind of thing called in linguistics? Where you parse the sentence wrong (for comedic effect in this case), something about dangling modifiers, maybe?

[-] kerrigan778@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago
[-] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

But that's not important right now.

[-] iiGxC@slrpnk.net 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Oh god is this the the beginning of the ol lemmy switcheroo?? Hello future travellers, ~~welcome to the bottom of the pit~~ 🫡 edit: you're almost there! https://lemmy.world/comment/1851279

[-] Iron_Lynx@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Not quite, someone started it already.

It may be a little while before it gets more mainstream though...

[-] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Hold my bottom, I'm going in!

[-] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

Dangling modifiers or dangling participles. I think both are correct.

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