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Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.
Remind me again how this works?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo
"Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo" is a grammatically correct sentence in English that is often presented as an example of how homonyms and homophones can be used to create complicated linguistic constructs through lexical ambiguity. It has been discussed in literature in various forms since 1967, when it appeared in Dmitri Borgmann's Beyond Language: Adventures in Word and Thought. The sentence employs three distinct meanings of the word buffalo:
A semantically equivalent form preserving the original word order is: "Buffalonian bison that other Buffalonian bison bully also bully Buffalonian bison."
I've never understood it until this comment - well done!
Tbh, neither did I until I read it hahaha
Abeolute legend you are, thank you!
Wow, hurt people hurt people. Even Buffalo buffalo
It doesn’t, but that won’t stop pedants from pretending it does so they can feel smarter than you.
This isn't pedantic, it's just a fun playing with word. And don't even bother to call me a pedant for pointing this out.
Buffalonian bison that other Buffalonian bison bully also bully Buffalonian bison.
The horse raced past the barn fell.
Wenn Fliegen hinter Fliegen fliegen, fliegen Fliegen Fliegen nach.
In the title of the show, there are spaces between Tom and And and And and Jerry.