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Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2006 1:06 am

This is a grammatically correct sentence. Can anyone figure out why?

Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.

Have fun!

Answers coming up soon!

((I swear this is really a grammatically correct sentence... Please don't lock the thread or whatever... All in good fun!))

Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2006 6:17 am

eek I'll have to take you at your word on that one. Perhaps someone will actually decipher the meaning of this cryptic sentence. eek

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Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2006 3:24 pm

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Where's Ezra when you need him?

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Posted: Sun Dec 24, 2006 3:39 pm

AH! I want to know, but I have no idea.

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Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 1:06 am

Well, here is the full link to the article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo

I'll just shorthand it for the people who are to lazy to read.

The sentence draws from the three meanings of buffalo: (quoth wikipedia)
"* c. The city of Buffalo, New York.
* a. The animal "buffalo", in the plural (equivalent to "buffaloes"), in order to avoid articles.
* v. The verb "buffalo", meaning to confuse, deceive, or intimidate

Marking each "buffalo" with its use as shown above gives:

BuffaloC buffaloA BuffaloC buffaloA buffaloV buffaloV BuffaloC buffaloA. "

It's a bit confuzzling, but, when is life not?

XD

Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 11:02 pm

You spilled the beans too fast.

I was still banned.

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Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 10:21 am

Thats craziness, that is!

Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 5:28 pm

There's a wiki for this? =S Weird.

I just remember reading it in The Language Instinct, brilliant.

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Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 8:06 pm

Damn, that is one heck of a sentence. xp

Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 7:39 pm

There's a Buffalo, TX as well.

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Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 9:38 pm

Ezra Pound

You spilled the beans too fast.

I was still banned.

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Sorry, man... It took too long for people to start coming... XP

Anyway yeah... that's one doozy of a sentence! XD

Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 10:50 pm

Ezra Pound

You spilled the beans too fast.

I was still banned.

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Why were you banned?

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Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 9:43 am

The MoUsY spell-checker

Ezra Pound

You spilled the beans too fast.

I was still banned.

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Why were you banned?

I told somebody to kill himself.

Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 5:46 pm

This reminds me of the song Buffalo Gal from It's A Wonderful Life.

Buffalo gal won't ya come out tonight?
Won't ya come out tonight?
Won't ya come out tonight?
Buffalo gal won't ya come out tonight
And dance by the light of the moon?

I know, off topic.
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