You've probably already seen this.

[wileypeter]

My brother-in-law pointed this out to me. It can also be found on Wikipedia.


Okay, let's start with this sentence:

Scottish comedians whom English satirists mock in turn mock Irish humorists.


We simplify it to read:

Scottish comedians English satirists mock mock Irish humorists.


Now, let's make this all one demographic:

Scottish comedians Scottish comedians mock mock Scottish comedians.


It's repetitive, but it still makes sense if you remember the original.
Now let's change it. I'm going to insert a noun and verb that are the same word:

Scottish bullies Scottish bullies bully bully Scottish bullies.


So, the one thing we now need is a word that is, as it were, all things to everyone.

Buffalo. It is plural to itself. It means bully, or steamroll. It is a synonym for Bison. And it's a city. Not only is the word a city, but the word is also the descriptor for someone from the city.

So this leaves us with the following sentence:

Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.

Bizarre, eh?

Comments

[shigella.livejournal.com]

"Buffalo" is one of my mom's favorite words. She uses it for everything. For example, if I say, "Mom, you are so smart!"

She says, "Man, have I got you buffaloed."

The exercise you showed above will amuse her completely. Grammar-math is weirdly abstract.

[wileypeter]

Awesome! If I can pass along one useful thing a day I'm okay with myself. (One reason I'm looking forward to fatherhood.)

[mani93.livejournal.com]

oh yes... much fun was had at the office today because of you and your livejournal