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[–] [email protected] 66 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 16 hours ago

Wenn Fliegen hinter Fliegen fliegen, fliegen Fliegen Fliegen nach.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

Buffalonian bison that other Buffalonian bison bully also bully Buffalonian bison.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

In the title of the show, there are spaces between Tom and And and And and Jerry.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

The horse raced past the barn fell.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Remind me again how this works?

[–] [email protected] -5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It doesn’t, but that won’t stop pedants from pretending it does so they can feel smarter than you.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 68 points 1 day ago (3 children)

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:

  • As an attributive noun (acting as an adjective) to refer to a specific place named Buffalo, such as the city of Buffalo, New York;
  • As the verb to buffalo, meaning (in American English[1][2]) "to bully, harass, or intimidate" or "to baffle"; and
  • As a noun to refer to the animal (either the true buffalo or the bison). The plural is also buffalo.

A semantically equivalent form preserving the original word order is: "Buffalonian bison that other Buffalonian bison bully also bully Buffalonian bison."

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Wow, hurt people hurt people. Even Buffalo buffalo

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

Abeolute legend you are, thank you!

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I've never understood it until this comment - well done!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Tbh, neither did I until I read it hahaha