Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Buffalo buffalo

Check this out.

Let's say you have this sentence:
"Baltimore orioles Siberian tigers scare scare Siberian tigers."

Now let's suppose you're dealing with Baltimore orioles scaring other Baltimore orioles. Now the sentence would be
"Baltimore orioles Baltimore orioles scare scare Baltimore orioles."

Let's use a different verb. The verb buffalo means to intimidate. So
"Baltimore orioles Baltimore orioles buffalo buffalo Baltimore orioles."

Now, change it to buffalo from Buffalo, and you've got the masterpiece featured here:
"Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo."
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