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[onlyweaknesskryptonite]

On 9/19/2022 at 8:37 PM, JC25427N said:

Saw

[jcjames]

On 9/19/2022 at 7:18 PM, onlyweaknesskryptonite said:

Never knew the diversity of the usage of the word Buffalo? 

[onlyweaknesskryptonite]

On 9/19/2022 at 9:28 PM, jcjames said:

On 9/19/2022 at 9:18 PM, onlyweaknesskryptonite said:

Never knew the diversity of the usage of the word Buffalo? 

On 9/19/2022 at 6:58 PM, onlyweaknesskryptonite said:

Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.

This sentence shows how weird English grammar rules can be at times. Unlike you may think, this is not a plain sequence full of meaningless repetitive words. It has sense and it’s correct grammatically! Let’s look into it right now.

“Buffalo” as a noun can mean an animal and a city in New York, but as a verb, it means “to intimidate or bully.” So, the meaning of the phrase goes like that: “A bison from Buffalo NY that the bison from Buffalo NY bully, are bullying bison from Buffalo NY.” As you can see, the sentence means to say that two bison from NY bamboozle each other, but in a more sophisticated way. This is a “crown gem” of weirdness that the English grammar can produce, and for a foreigner, it would mean complete nonsense unless somebody explained it to them.

[Cat]

On 9/20/2022 at 2:44 AM, D84 said:

If the people who captioned the articles on Google spaced things better, I couldn't do this.

Go again. 

Edited September 20, 2022 by Cat

[Comics4All]

On 9/19/2022 at 10:45 PM, Cat said:

Ouch, amirite?!

[jcjames]

On 9/19/2022 at 7:31 PM, onlyweaknesskryptonite said:

This sentence shows how weird English grammar rules can be at times. Unlike you may think, this is not a plain sequence full of meaningless repetitive words. It has sense and it’s correct grammatically! Let’s look into it right now.

“Buffalo” as a noun can mean an animal and a city in New York, but as a verb, it means “to intimidate or bully.” So, the meaning of the phrase goes like that: “A bison from Buffalo NY that the bison from Buffalo NY bully, are bullying bison from Buffalo NY.” As you can see, the sentence means to say that two bison from NY bamboozle each other, but in a more sophisticated way. This is a “crown gem” of weirdness that the English grammar can produce, and for a foreigner, it would mean complete nonsense unless somebody explained it to them.

Never heard of that before. 

So with clarification is it basically saying: "Buffalo buffalo (that) Buffalo buffalo buffalo, buffalo Buffalo buffalo". 

 

 

 

Edited September 20, 2022 by jcjames

[onlyweaknesskryptonite]

On 9/19/2022 at 9:45 PM, Cat said:

[onlyweaknesskryptonite]

On 9/19/2022 at 9:57 PM, jcjames said:

Never heard of that before. 

So with clarification is it basically saying: "Buffalo buffalo (that) Buffalo buffalo buffalo, buffalo Buffalo buffalo". 

 

 

 

[onlyweaknesskryptonite]

On 9/19/2022 at 9:57 PM, jcjames said:

Never heard of that before. 

So with clarification is it basically saying: "Buffalo buffalo (that) Buffalo buffalo buffalo, buffalo Buffalo buffalo". 

 

 

 

I also like to refer to George Carlin's use of the diversity of the F word. 

[jcjames]

On 9/19/2022 at 8:40 PM, onlyweaknesskryptonite said:

[onlyweaknesskryptonite]

On 9/19/2022 at 11:13 PM, jcjames said:

[jcjames]

On 9/19/2022 at 9:21 PM, onlyweaknesskryptonite said:

[D84]

On 9/19/2022 at 11:13 PM, jcjames said:

[jcjames]

On 9/19/2022 at 9:51 PM, D84 said:

[D84]

On 9/19/2022 at 11:57 PM, jcjames said:

[kav]

On 9/19/2022 at 7:31 PM, onlyweaknesskryptonite said:

This sentence shows how weird English grammar rules can be at times. Unlike you may think, this is not a plain sequence full of meaningless repetitive words. It has sense and it’s correct grammatically! Let’s look into it right now.

“Buffalo” as a noun can mean an animal and a city in New York, but as a verb, it means “to intimidate or bully.” So, the meaning of the phrase goes like that: “A bison from Buffalo NY that the bison from Buffalo NY bully, are bullying bison from Buffalo NY.” As you can see, the sentence means to say that two bison from NY bamboozle each other, but in a more sophisticated way. This is a “crown gem” of weirdness that the English grammar can produce, and for a foreigner, it would mean complete nonsense unless somebody explained it to them.

Kinda feel like I've been buffaloed here to be honest.

[Cat]

On 9/20/2022 at 3:47 PM, kav said:

Kinda feel like I've been buffaloed here to be honest.

By Buffalo buffalo? 

[Pitboss]

On 9/20/2022 at 12:47 AM, kav said:

Kinda feel like I've been buffaloed here to be honest.

[Cat]

[ADAMANTIUM]

On 9/20/2022 at 9:41 AM, Cat said: