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This and that Buffalo sentence prove English is dumb
You only believe this because you haven't seen the alternative. Listen to a reading of The Lion-Eating Poet in the Stone Den.
Not just English https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion-Eating_Poet_in_the_Stone_Den
What's the buffalo sentence?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo
"Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo"
I know the police one.
Police police police police police police police police
If you know the context of each time the word police is said, you might understand the sentence better.
But yeah, English is stupid.
Then, there is also this: https://cdn.someecards.com/someecards/usercards/MjAxMy0wYTUyZGQyMTFlMTVlMTA5.png