The power of one word
Submitted by tcblack on Tue, 08/19/2008 - 5:05am
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The ThingNamer Blog started it. I was poking around and hit the greatest example of both the problem and power of language I've ever heard seen.
According to the Wikipedia link:
“"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.
--Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Now then for the proper interpretation:
“Bison from Buffalo, New York, who are intimidated by other bison in their community also happen to intimidate other bison in their community.
--Wikipedia
All I have to say to that is, huh?



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