Snow
06-24-2007, 04:16 PM
First one to figure it out without google gets points.
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View Full Version : Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo Snow 06-24-2007, 04:16 PM First one to figure it out without google gets points. God 06-24-2007, 05:17 PM It's a correct sentence that was written by some guy at the U of Buffalo. No google, it was on Digg like a week ago jackhole. insan3 06-24-2007, 07:48 PM How is it a complete sentence? Snow 06-24-2007, 10:01 PM It's a correct sentence that was written by some guy at the U of Buffalo. No google, it was on Digg like a week ago jackhole. I don't use digg. Nicky 06-25-2007, 12:10 AM How is it a complete sentence? That's what I would like to know. Zetex 06-25-2007, 12:14 AM "Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo" is a grammatically correct sentence used as an example of how homonyms and homophones can be used to create complicated constructs. It has been discussed in the literature since 1972 when the sentence was used by William J. Rapaport, currently an associate professor at the University at Buffalo.[1] It was posted to Linguist List by Rapaport in 1992.[2] It was also featured in Steven Pinker's 1994 book The Language Instinct. Sentences of this type, although not in such a refined form, have been known for a long time. A classic example is the proverb "Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you". Yes, I wikipediad it Heyyou27 06-25-2007, 12:14 AM http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/2064/buffalobuffalowg4.jpg (http://imageshack.us) Nicky 06-25-2007, 12:18 AM Oh... Natus Lumen 06-25-2007, 10:43 PM That is so odd. gussa 06-25-2007, 10:45 PM like buffalo Nicky 06-25-2007, 10:56 PM That should be a song title... gussa 06-25-2007, 11:09 PM how can you have a verb following a verb? Nicky 06-25-2007, 11:10 PM You mean a noun following a noun? Drunken_Shinobi 06-25-2007, 11:15 PM This is just weird in so many ways. gussa 06-25-2007, 11:21 PM You mean a noun following a noun? both! The sentence goes proper noun - noun - proper noun - noun - verb - verb - proper noun - noun. Nicky 06-25-2007, 11:26 PM Hmm... Snow 06-26-2007, 08:43 PM both! The sentence goes proper noun - noun - proper noun - noun - verb - verb - proper noun - noun. Buffalo buffalo that the Buffalo Buffalo buffalo also buffalo Buffalo buffalo. gussa 06-26-2007, 10:42 PM i still dont get how buffalo can be used as a verb.. Nicky 06-26-2007, 10:44 PM Neither do I. Drunken_Shinobi 06-27-2007, 08:42 PM i still dont get how buffalo can be used as a verb.. Oh come on...you know, "I buffalo, you buffalo, it's buffalo!"....yeah you're right I can't seem to get that. happylittleClayFox 06-28-2007, 02:59 PM It means to either intimidate or baffle someone. Buffalo becomes baffle or vice versa. |