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Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.

It may seem crazy, but I'll have you know it makes perfect grammatical sense. Took me many an hour to work out how though!

Not HERD of that one

I know a sentence with 6 consecutive uses of the word AND that makes sense though

Jeffrey Burgin wrote:Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.

It may seem crazy, but I'll have you know it makes perfect grammatical sense.

I hadn't got it after thinking about it for a while (though I was on the right lines, having taken a hint from the use of upper v. lower case), so I looked it up in Wikipedia. Turns out it only makes sense if you're aware that "buffalo" can be used as a verb, which even the Wikipedia article admits most people aren't.

I must admit I did a double take when I saw this topic title appear - your timing couldn't be more eerily apt, as "Buffalo" is a word I'm curiously alert to just at the moment.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_whil ... he_teacher is the other good one.

Matt Morrison wrote:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_whil ... he_teacher is the other good one.

I think it's a bit pointless if you start allowing direct speech, you might just as well say

John said, "Donkey donkey donkey donkey donkey donkey donkey donkey donkey donkey donkey donkey donkey donkey donkey donkey donkey donkey donkey donkey donkey donkey donkey donkey donkey donkey donkey donkey donkey donkey donkey donkey donkey donkey donkey donkey donkey donkey donkey donkey donkey donkey donkey."

which is perfectly grammatical.

I hope you typed those and didn't copy and paste.

marc meakin wrote:Not HERD of that one

I know a sentence with 6 consecutive uses of the word AND that makes sense though

The space between fish and and and and and chips?

Oh wait, that's only 5...

marc meakin wrote:Not HERD of that one

I know a sentence with 6 consecutive uses of the word AND that makes sense though

I know of one with five "and"s, e.g. Bacon and "and" and "and" and eggs. Not heard of one with six though.
I see Michael's beaten me to it.

Phil Reynolds wrote:

Jeffrey Burgin wrote:Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.

It may seem crazy, but I'll have you know it makes perfect grammatical sense.

I hadn't got it after thinking about it for a while (though I was on the right lines, having taken a hint from the use of upper v. lower case), so I looked it up in Wikipedia. Turns out it only makes sense if you're aware that "buffalo" can be used as a verb, which even the Wikipedia article admits most people aren't.

I must admit I did a double take when I saw this topic title appear - your timing couldn't be more eerily apt, as "Buffalo" is a word I'm curiously alert to just at the moment.

Oh ffs, I opened that link just as my mum was walking in.

Here's another buffalo ..... or rather a low buff!!

http://www.bruceongames.com/2009/06/04/polishing-games/

Jon O'Neill wrote:Oh ffs, I opened that link just as my mum was walking in.

Does she also leave pies lying around the kitchen for when you come home?

Philip Jarvis wrote:Here's another buffalo ..... or rather a low buff!!

http://www.bruceongames.com/2009/06/04/polishing-games/

Excellent. I was just about to click on "set as wallpaper", then I realized I'm at work!


Also, I went to the Cheltenham Food and Drink Festival at the weekend and tried buffalo meat for the first time. It was tasty.