“Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo” is a grammatically correct sentence in English that is often presented as an example of how homonyms and homophones can be used to create complicated linguistic constructs through lexical ambiguity.
Surely you’ve thoroughly thought this through though?
It’s tough.
They did. And don’t call them Shirley!
I feel like there needs to be a comma somewhere in that sentence but I don’t know why…
Before the last word.
That’s my first thought, but my brain keeps trying to inject one immediately following “Surely.” No idea why.
Knowing there should be a comma in the sentence, is half the battle. Knowing why… is the other half.
Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.
Do love me some annoying wordplay, like the Chinese poem Lion-Eating Poet in the Stone Den
Nayeth, though thou hath thoroughly thought thots through.
…I spend a lot of my time thinking while waiting in the drive-thru.