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2009 October 27
by rbabe

“Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo” is a grammatically correct sentence used as an example of how homonyms and homophones can be used to create complicated constructs.

Or, in other words, “THE buffalo FROM Buffalo WHO ARE buffaloed BY buffalo FROM Buffalo ALSO buffalo THE buffalo FROM Buffalo.”

I’ve always loved this sentence. Thanks for visiting it upon my life, William J. Rapaport.

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