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Topic: "Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo." is a grammatically valid sentence

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"Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo." is a grammatically valid sentence
OP - October 21, 2010, 09:38 PM

The sentence is unpunctuated and uses three different readings of the word "buffalo". In order of their first use, these are
a. the city of Buffalo, New York, which is used as a noun adjunct in the sentence and is followed by the animal;
n. the noun buffalo, an animal, in the plural (equivalent to "buffaloes" or "buffalos"), in order to avoid articles;
v. the verb "buffalo" meaning to bully, confuse, deceive, or intimidate.

Marking each "buffalo" with its use as shown above gives:
Buffaloa buffalon Buffaloa buffalon buffalov buffalov Buffaloa buffalon.

took me the answer to get it , anyone here up for a linguistic riddle ?

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Re: "Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo." is a grammatically valid sent
Reply #1 - October 21, 2010, 09:44 PM

I dont get what you mean?

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Reply #2 - October 22, 2010, 09:07 AM

Quickly Mounts A Buffalo.
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Re: "Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo." is a grammatically valid sent
Reply #3 - October 22, 2010, 10:02 AM

Quote from: BlackDog on October 22, 2010, 09:07 AM
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BlackDog .. THE Dog., reverse that it is God...

how are you doing?

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Reply #4 - October 22, 2010, 12:52 PM

@ Islame
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo

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Re: "Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo." is a grammatically valid sent
Reply #5 - October 22, 2010, 07:38 PM

From the wikipedia article:

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"Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo." is a grammatically valid sentence in the English language, used as an example of how homonyms and homophones can be used to create complicated linguistic constructs. It has been discussed in literature since 1972 when the sentence was used by William J. Rapaport, an associate professor at the University at Buffalo. It was posted to Linguist List by Rapaport in 1992. It was also featured in Steven Pinker's 1994 book The Language Instinct.

Hmm.. Interesting. Never knew that.

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