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[–] SaintWacko@midwest.social 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How about this one? "James while John had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher."

[–] randomsnark@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Needs quotation marks

[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 17 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I always hated that one because it only works because of the (incorrect) omission of punctuation. The Buffalo buffalo one doesn't need anything except the period at the end to be correct.

[–] pimento64@sopuli.xyz 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Consider the following:

Buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.

[–] Mcduckdeluxe@reddthat.com 11 points 1 year ago

"Buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo" is a tautology but still a sentence

[–] reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It gets worse:

Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo

Rochester bison that Rochester bison bully bully Rochester bison

Capitalization is key for this one

[–] Hedin@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Bison*

[–] PR3CiSiON@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Buffalo: to puzzle or baffle; confuse; mystify