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Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo (en.wikipedia.org)
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"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 10 months ago (2 children)

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

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    • [–] 2 points 10 months ago

    Ridiculously stupid.

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    [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    https://isotropic.org/papers/chicken.pdf

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    [–] 1 point 10 months ago

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

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