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[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 17 points 10 months ago (4 children)

This and that Buffalo sentence prove English is dumb

[–] prime_number_314159@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

You only believe this because you haven't seen the alternative. Listen to a reading of The Lion-Eating Poet in the Stone Den.

[–] Today@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (3 children)

What's the buffalo sentence?

[–] Resol@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

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.

[–] dantheclamman@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

English experienced a fatal recursion error. Please reboot

[–] Resol@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

I don't have the boot disk unfortunately.

On continuera cette conversation en français. Bien sur je plaisante.

[–] walden@sub.wetshaving.social 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Welp, my brain hurts now. 🤕

[–] Resol@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] C0unterfactual@sh.itjust.works 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Due to the restrictive clause the only proper punctuation is the ending period.

[–] Resol@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

James, while John had had "had", had had "had had", "had had" had had a better effect on the teacher.

I think reading it where the stress falls on the words in quotations can also make it slightly easier to understand.

[–] C0unterfactual@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Oh, that example, I totally agree. I was fixated on "Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo." Strangely, commas don't work in that one.

[–] Resol@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Neither do they work in the police one.

[–] A_A@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

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