Buffalololo's
Apparently this is a proper sentence: Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.
That's because Buffalo refers to a city; a buffalo is an animal, and; buffalo is a verb which means to bully, confuse, deceive or intimidate. Wikipedia has a whole entry on it.
Therefore "Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo" is a grammatically correct sentence, which is easier to read with a few substituted words as "Buffalo bison whom other Buffalo bison bully themselves bully Buffalo bison".
Take that to trivia night!
Oh and I realize this makes for two pretty lame posts this week. Sorry dudes. I've got some great stuff in the queue like:
1. Pictures from Bath
2. This one time I had a dream that I would die on November 22nd which I kind of believe.
3. A couple of interesting stories that I either randomly remembered or someone reminded me of. One involves me breaking my collarbone. The other involves Injuns.
4. QWERTY v Dvorak keyboard configurations: were you aware?
5. Maybe something about people getting pushed in front of trains.
6. Maybe something about how much I love hot water in all forms: Hot tubs, steam rooms, Hammams, showers, etc.
7. Maybe the transcript of the toast I didn't give at my friend Brad Miller's wedding.
So lots in the pipeline.
3 comments:
this is a lame post, and i would argue that your sentence is in fact not gramatically correct. I would agree that "buffalo buffalo buffalo." is a sentence, but that since buffalo is not, in your definition at least, a transition, i don't know how to keep adding "buffalo(s)" onto the end of the sentence. not to nitpick, but you know, just want to be a pain in the ass
Mark, the post has just been expanded and footnoted. So ead.
you should check out ghoti as well. it's pronounced "fish". check it out on wikipedia.
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