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minus-square@EnderWiggin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish13•edit-211 months agoEnglish is fucking weird. Take for example: Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo. This is a perfectly fine sentence,. I am not sure I am fine with it.
minus-squareEcho DotlinkfedilinkEnglish6•11 months agoA much quoted comment and yet I don’t get it the only meaning for the word Buffalo that I know is of an animal.
minus-square@Feathercrown@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish5•11 months agoBuffalo = The city buffalo = the animal, or the verb meaning “to bully” The sentence is therefore roughly equivalent to “Buffalo animals that Buffalo animals bully, bully Buffalo animals.”
minus-square@AnxiousDuck@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglish4•11 months agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo
minus-square@bamfic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•11 months agoThat motherfucker’s a motherfucker, motherfucker.
English is fucking weird. Take for example: Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.
This is a perfectly fine sentence,. I am not sure I am fine with it.
A much quoted comment and yet I don’t get it the only meaning for the word Buffalo that I know is of an animal.
Buffalo = The city
buffalo = the animal, or the verb meaning “to bully”
The sentence is therefore roughly equivalent to “Buffalo animals that Buffalo animals bully, bully Buffalo animals.”
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo
That motherfucker’s a motherfucker, motherfucker.