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[–] EnderWiggin@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

English is fucking weird. Take for example: Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.

This is a perfectly fine sentence,. I am not sure I am fine with it.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 6 points 4 months ago (2 children)

A much quoted comment and yet I don't get it the only meaning for the word Buffalo that I know is of an animal.

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

Buffalo = The city

buffalo = the animal, or the verb meaning "to bully"

The sentence is therefore roughly equivalent to "Buffalo animals that Buffalo animals bully, bully Buffalo animals."

[–] bamfic@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

That motherfucker's a motherfucker, motherfucker.