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Language is hard (lemmy.world)

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[-] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Buffalo = The city

buffalo = the animal, or the verb meaning "to bully"

The sentence is therefore roughly equivalent to "Buffalo animals that Buffalo animals bully, bully Buffalo animals."

this post was submitted on 24 Aug 2024

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