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Just keep saying Buffalo for a while

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.

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