<p>Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.</p>
<p>Yes. This is a sentence.</p>
<p>I’ve never seen it with quite that many B/buffalo in it. The versions I know are:</p>
<p>Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo.</p>
<p>Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.</p>
<p>and </p>
<p>Buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.</p>
<p>Although why those buffalo from Buffalo would want to buffalo themselves never quite made sense to me. Maybe they spent too much time with the colorless green ideas that had slept furiously?</p>
<p>I need an explanation, please. “Buffalo” as a verb? What am I missing?</p>
<p>Eight years a Buffalo-area resident, and this is the first time I’ve ever heard any of these. </p>
<p>I must live under a rock.</p>
<p>VH, I’m thinking that “buffalo” as a verb means to push someone around or trample them without considering their needs. Just guessing.</p>
<p>Yes buffalo as a verb. Too early to tell you the rest…
but it is right there in front of you</p>
<p>Paying 3 . I wonder if your kids learned this one in school</p>
<p>I learned about this in my sensation and perception class senior year of college. My professor was primarily interested in linguistics so he liked to share things like this. </p>
<p>I also like Noam Chomsky’s example of a grammatically correct sentence that makes no sense semantically: “Colorless green ideas sleep furiously.” This led to a debate as to what sleeping furiously would look like.</p>
<p>This reminds me of a sentence I like that shows the importance of punctuation as a method of representing intonation:
“James while John had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher”</p>
<p>Oh. I like these new ones!</p>
<p>From ‘Flowers for Algernon’ :</p>
<p>That that is is that that is not is not is that that it is</p>
<p>I’m lost. Would someone please explain?</p>
<p>I’m intrigued, but clueless…</p>
<p>will tune in tomorrow for an update</p>
<p>I don’t get the one with John, it like the one with that that is</p>
<p>Buffolo can be used as a verb. For example:</p>
<p>“The cat buffalo(ed) the dog into giving up the bed.”</p>
<p>Its a term we use in my house often. In my sentence example, the cat must have done something to the dog to the point where the dog would do what the cat wanted without having done anything.</p>
<p>I enjoy writing and I love creative use of the English language, but I’m sorry – this is kind of a turn off for me (maybe because I have a kid with a learning disability who struggles with basic sentence formation). I think if he heard these phrases, he would just give up.</p>
<p>The book “Eats, Shoots and Leaves” is an entertaining read for those who appreciate punctuation. The book points out the difference between “A panda eats shoots and leaves” and “A panda eats, shoots and leaves.” It also note the important distinction between the politician who enjoys “extra marital sex” and one who enjoys “extra-marital sex.”</p>
<p>The explanation of the buffalo sentence is on Wikipedia. It is even diagramed for those of you who enjoy that particular activity.</p>
<p>I will substitute words to help you get it.</p>
<p>Boston fans Boston fans bully …bully Boston fans.
Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.</p>
<p>buffalo as a verb described well by ice dragon.</p>
<p>Class of 2015. Obviously it’s just a word puzzle. That’s the fun of it for those who enjoy that kind of thing. </p>
<p>Spouse immediately spoke of the flowers For algernon quote when we were talking about this. I didn’t remember it.</p>