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"Note that a 10M⊕ PBH is roughly the size of a ten pin bowling ball" How to tell something is written by an American :)

tzs 5y ago
The paper has two authors, one American and one from the UK. If I had to guess I'd guess that was from the UK author. Why? Because in the US ten pin bowling is the only kind of bowling most people are aware of, except perhaps in New England where candlepin bowling is popular or central Texas where nine pin is played. I'd thus expect an American author to simply say "bowling ball". The UK is mostly ten pin, but in the non-English speaking parts of Europe nine pin is big. I'd expect a UK author to be aware of that and so specify the type of bowling ball.
- teknopaul 5y ago
  There is a whole nuther type of bowling in the UK, played on grass, no pins, you aim to get your balls closest to a jack.
  - isaacimagine 5y ago
    Is that Bocci Ball?
    - vidarh 5y ago
      A variant: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowls https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowls
  - elevaet 5y ago
    In the future our descendents will play galactic boules, testing who can place the celestial body in the closest orbit to the black hole
  - rich_sasha 5y ago
    One of the deadliest sports too IIRC, as in, highest chance of dying while playing. Less to do with the dangerous action and more with the 80+ average player age, but still.
- celticninja 5y ago
  Sounds right but for the wrong reason possibly. Lawn bowls is very common. Thus a bowling ball may be taken as some to mean one of these[0]. Which is very different in size to a ten pin bowling ball. [0]https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/tRIAAOSwJddfCxXt/s-l1600.jpg https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/tRIAAOSwJddfCxXt/s-l1600.jpg
  - mattowen_uk 5y ago
    As a Brit, my first thought for 'bowling ball' would be lawn bowls. But then I'm Gen-X, maybe for British younglings it's different¿
    - lovemenot 5y ago
      Those are called woods not balls. And are not in fact spherical. However, it's semantics. I agree with the logic.
- mongol 5y ago
  Would not a brit compare with a football?
  - lamontcg 5y ago
    asoccer or ruggers?

tzs 5y ago

The paper has two authors, one American and one from the UK. If I had to guess I'd guess that was from the UK author. Why? Because in the US ten pin bowling is the only kind of bowling most people are aware of, except perhaps in New England where candlepin bowling is popular or central Texas where nine pin is played. I'd thus expect an American author to simply say "bowling ball". The UK is mostly ten pin, but in the non-English speaking parts of Europe nine pin is big. I'd expect a UK author to be aware of that and so specify the type of bowling ball.

teknopaul 5y ago
There is a whole nuther type of bowling in the UK, played on grass, no pins, you aim to get your balls closest to a jack.
- isaacimagine 5y ago
  Is that Bocci Ball?
  - vidarh 5y ago
    A variant: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowls https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowls
- elevaet 5y ago
  In the future our descendents will play galactic boules, testing who can place the celestial body in the closest orbit to the black hole
- rich_sasha 5y ago
  One of the deadliest sports too IIRC, as in, highest chance of dying while playing. Less to do with the dangerous action and more with the 80+ average player age, but still.
celticninja 5y ago
Sounds right but for the wrong reason possibly. Lawn bowls is very common. Thus a bowling ball may be taken as some to mean one of these[0]. Which is very different in size to a ten pin bowling ball. [0]https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/tRIAAOSwJddfCxXt/s-l1600.jpg https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/tRIAAOSwJddfCxXt/s-l1600.jpg
- mattowen_uk 5y ago
  As a Brit, my first thought for 'bowling ball' would be lawn bowls. But then I'm Gen-X, maybe for British younglings it's different¿
  - lovemenot 5y ago
    Those are called woods not balls. And are not in fact spherical. However, it's semantics. I agree with the logic.
mongol 5y ago
Would not a brit compare with a football?
- lamontcg 5y ago
  asoccer or ruggers?