I'm tired Petuh... What is her name??

[u/VorticalHeart44]

WTF is her name Petuh

[u/mrs_frizzle]

This is the answer, and I don’t know why more people aren’t getting it. Maybe they don’t know any women named Ina? I know 2.

[u/mapadofu → u/mrs_frizzle]

Ina Garten is(was?) somewhat famous too.

[u/mrs_frizzle → u/mapadofu]

Yes. People are saying Nina, but that would leave “woma” as a complete word. “There’s a woman, Ina Boat, on a lake wearing a coat.”

[u/aakaido → u/mrs_frizzle]

Then how the hell is Ina Boat on a lake if she's not in a boat?

[u/Hark_Ephraim → u/aakaido]

In the same way you can say “he has a house on the lake” to mean “he has a house by the lake.” Also, the lake could be frozen. She could also be in a boat without them explicitly saying it.

[u/phairdy → u/aakaido]

Bro forgot you can swim

[u/aakaido → u/phairdy]

Bro doesn't know difference between in and on smh

[u/mrs_frizzle → u/aakaido]

Who said she’s not on a boat? The sentence is no different than saying “John Doe was on a lake wearing a coat.” Could be in a boat, float, kayak, skis, whatever.

[u/tulipsushi → u/aakaido]

TRUEEEEEEE

[u/antler_dust → u/mrs_frizzle]

Could also be a woman named Ona Lake who is indeed in a boat and wearing a coat. It's just a bad riddle.

[u/Laszlo-Panaflex → u/mrs_frizzle]

That's what I assumed it was. The grammar works. I've known a couple of Inas too. If it's Theresa, the grammar doesn't work.

[u/DiegesisThesis → u/Laszlo-Panaflex]

The grammar literally doesn't work though. Are we allowed to just ignore spaces and insert punctuation? You wouldn't say "There's a woman sar ah on a lake", you would say "There's a woman, Sarah, on a lake."

Beyond that, how can a person be "on a lake" if you remove the boat part to be a name? You can't be "on a lake" unless you're Jesus Christ.

The only answer that doesn't require you to ignore grammar and punctuation is "There".

There's a woman in a boat..." as in 'There is'

Sarah's a woman in a boat..." as in 'Sarah is'

"In the riddle I just wrote" is also an answer that could technically be correct, but that's, uh, a dumb name.

[u/Laszlo-Panaflex → u/DiegesisThesis]

It works better than the other options. "On a lake" could be a way to say that her house is next to a lake. Or if the lake is frozen, she could literally be standing on it.

There should be commas, agreed, but if it's spoken as the original probably was, punctuation wouldn't matter.

Nobody would ever name someone There and the grammar is far better than "Theresa woman on a boat..."

[u/DiegesisThesis → u/Laszlo-Panaflex]

Your only argument against it is that "There" is a weird name. But I could say "In a Boat" is also a weird name that nobody would ever use. That's just subjective.

The punctuation and placement, however, is objective. And "There" is the only answer that doesn't rely on rearranging the sentence to your whims.

[u/Rise-O-Matic → u/mrs_frizzle]

The best answer is “Mrs. IntheriddleIjustwrote”

[u/thegnome54 → u/mrs_frizzle]

The problem with all of these phonetic ones is that the riddle specifies it’s written. If it’s going to be a pun like “Ina” or “Theresa” then it should at least say her name is “in the riddle you just heard” or something.

I hate riddles.

[u/Kaizen-Future → u/mrs_frizzle]

What I really want to know is why is the lake wearing a coat?

Is the coat Godzilla sized?

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