I have a new favorite sentence.
“Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo.”
I promise, that is a completely grammatically correct and not completely nonsensical sentence.
The sentence is unpunctuated and uses three different readings of the word “buffalo”. In order of their first use, these are
- c. The city of Buffalo, New York;
- a. The animal “buffalo“, in the plural (equivalent to “buffaloes”), in order to avoid articles;
- v. The verb “buffalo” meaning to bully, confuse, deceive, or intimidate.
If you’re still having trouble with that (and you still care) see the Wikipedia article.