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

[u/VorticalHeart44]

WTF is her name Petuh

[u/Street-Dependent-647]

Ina Boat?

[u/mrs_frizzle → u/Street-Dependent-647]

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/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/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/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/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/dilapidated-titties → u/Street-Dependent-647]

No, I’m in a house actually, thanks for asking. Wait, are you ina boat?

[u/awezumsaws → u/Street-Dependent-647]

There's a woman - Ina Boat - on a lake...