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[–] Hedin@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Bison*

[–] pimento64@sopuli.xyz 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Consider the following:

Buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.

[–] SaintWacko@midwest.social 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How about this one? "James while John had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher."

[–] randomsnark@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago

Needs quotation marks

[–] Mcduckdeluxe@reddthat.com 10 points 1 year ago

"Buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo" is a tautology but still a sentence

[–] Amilo159@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Didn't know buffalo was a verb.

[–] TheActualDevil@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 year ago

Don't let them buffalo them into believing that tripe.

[–] Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 9 points 1 year ago

It means to bully basically. The sentence can be rewritten as "Buffalonian bison that other Buffalonian bison bully also bully Buffalonian bison."

[–] reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It gets worse:

Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo

Rochester bison that Rochester bison bully bully Rochester bison

Capitalization is key for this one

[–] PR3CiSiON@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Buffalo: to puzzle or baffle; confuse; mystify