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Posted By: Hydra Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo... - 10/04/06 01:20 PM
Could there be any more buffalo in this sentence?
I'm a bit cowed by that sentence.
I fell asleep trying to parse that.

worse (better?) than counting sheep.
Posted By: Hydra Re: Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo... - 10/05/06 10:48 AM
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Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.




If you make up another sentence using the same form, it becomes perfectly simple. For example: "The Australian ecologist the mountain gorillas saw saw the mountain gorillas" So, to translate: "New York buffalo intimidate each other."

Silly.

I made up a conversation along these lines when I was in middle school, but it is of a decidedly inferior quality:

A: Will Will's will will Will's will? [Is Will's bequest going to bring about what he wanted?]
B: Will's will will will Will's will. [Yes.]

Inferior quality, because I am not sure if a written bequest can "will" anything (rather, it is the executor of the will who sees that the deceased's "will" is done).
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