A copy paste job. ^__^
"Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo." is a grammatically valid sentence!
Why?
Simple!
Punctuated, the sentence looks like:
Buffalo buffalo, Buffalo buffalo buffalo, buffalo Buffalo buffalo.
By adding 'that', it would look like
Buffalo buffalo [that] Buffalo buffalo buffalo, buffalo Buffalo buffalo.
If the homophones were replaced with other words, it would look like
Buffalo bison [that] Buffalo bison intimidate intimidate Buffalo bison.
Using common articles and punctuation:
The Buffalo bison that Buffalo bison intimidate, intimidate Buffalo bison.
Using synonyms:
New York bison, [that] New York bison annoy, [also] bother New York bison.
(This example also retains its clarity after the additives are removed, providing further aid in understanding the concept.)
It may help to consider the following sentence, which has the same grammatical structure:
Many things many people say confuse many people.
Ta-DA!! All hail ctrl+c and ctrl+v
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Sunday, September 17, 2006
Posted by YPG at 7:02 AM
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3 comments:
It was my understanding that no math would be involved.
Is this a Wikibomb?
No math, just the wonders of grammer. ^__^
Wikibomb?
Isnt that Choas' job?
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