Buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo.
This is actually a grammatically correct sentence. It may be strange, but it’s true. After I found out about this, I spent about half an hour of thought and research, trying to understand it. I was bored.
This sentence is possible because buffalo is an adjective, a noun and a verb.
Buffalo: an adjective used to state that something is of the city of Buffalo, New York
buffalo: a noun referring to a type of bison
buffalo: a verb meaning to bully or intimidate
And since buffalo is also the plural form of the noun buffalo, it is possible for this sentence to be grammatically correct. If I retype it, the sentence would go like this:
Buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo.
If I replace the place Buffalo with New York, the animal buffalo with bison and the verb buffalo with intimidate, put that where it could be put, the sentence would go like this:
New York bison intimidate New York bison that New York bison intimidate
If you still don’t get it, maybe I can rewrite the sentence, replacing New York bison with bison from New York:
Bison from New York intimidate bison from New York that bison from New York intimidate
That’s probably the best I can explain it – not that it’s important or anything, I was just curious.
Reference: Wikipedia
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