"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.

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[–] 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

This sentence could use Oxford commas, not to mention at least one preposition.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago

    Ridiculously stupid.

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    Sure, it's been going on for years. Is someone finally going to do something about it?

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    [–] 7 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    In German, it would be one word

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    I have an unreasonable hatred of this sentence. It is so hard to parce I refuse to acknowledge it as a valid English sentence.

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    My favorite sentence.

    My favorite word is pneumonoultramicroscopicailicogolcanoconiosis.

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    [–] 8 points 5 months ago

    For more "teehee they used the same word" peep

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion-Eating_Poet_in_the_Stone_Den

    "Lion-Eating Poet in the Stone Den" (traditional Chinese: 施氏食獅史; simplified Chinese: 施氏食狮史; lit. 'The Story of Mr. Shi Eating Lions') is a short narrative poem written in Literary Chinese, with two versions composed of 92 and 94 Chinese characters respectively, which are all pronounced shi ([ʂɻ̩]) when read in Standard Mandarin, with only the tones differing.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago*

    What does the buffalo say to it's boy on his first day of school?

    spoilerBison

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    The Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo? They can't do that, that's illegal!

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    Or, with the scientific name of the animal:

    Buffalo Bison bison bison Buffalo Bison bison bison buffalo buffalo Buffalo Bison bison bison.

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  • I was thinking about this two days ago! Excellent timing.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    Mushroom Mushroom ... ?

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    [–] 2 points 11 months ago

    Syracuse Bison ([that] Albany cows confuse) intimidate Schenectady cattle.

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