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zippydooda

aau1 wrote: »

That's seven is it?

better look for hidden writing a few posts back.
did not count the ands then

aau1

zippydooda wrote: »

warning savvy answer coming

is a grammatically correct sentence in American English, used as an example of how homonyms and homophones can be used to create complicated linguistic constructs. It has been discussed in literature since 1972 when the sentence was used by William J. Rapaport, an associate professor at the University at Buffalo.[1] It was posted to Linguist List by Rapaport in 1992.[2] It was also featured in Steven Pinker's 1994 book The Language Instinct as an example of a sentence that is "seemingly nonsensical" but grammatical. Pinker names his student, Annie Senghas, as the inventor of the sentence.[3]

The sentence's meaning becomes clearer when it's understood that it uses three meanings of the word buffalo: the city of Buffalo, New York, the somewhat uncommon verb "to buffalo" (meaning "to bully or intimidate"), as well as the animal buffalo. When the punctuation and grammar are expanded, the sentence could read as follows: "Buffalo buffalo that Buffalo buffalo buffalo, buffalo Buffalo buffalo." The meaning becomes even clearer when synonyms are used: "Buffalo bison that other Buffalo bison bully, themselves bully Buffalo bison."

And there was me thinking it couldn't get any clearer :rotfl:

TrulyMadly

Morning paw sniffers,

Our diners have just left the building:)

DM....did I see you in T's in Durh?m this morning. Were you wearing brown baggy corderoys?

zippydooda

zippydooda wrote: »

better look for hidden writing a few posts back.
did not count the ands then

now for an 11, over to you dm

fairclaire

zippydooda wrote: »

makes me ping a lot

Thats because you are a pinger

aau1

zippydooda wrote: »

better look for hidden writing a few posts back.
did not count the ands then

Nope

:rotfl:

aau1

fairclaire wrote: »

Au hats because you are a pinger

What's my hat got to do with zippy's pinger? :eek:

zippydooda

aau1 wrote: »

And there was me thinking it couldn't get any clearer :rotfl:

and full circle to where WE were 12 hrs ago. boots receipts

TrulyMadly

Can anyone think of a word containing the 5 vowels in the correct order that they appear in the alphabet:)

Where did that come from:eek:

aau1

TrulyMadly wrote: »

Can anyone think of a word containing the 5 vowels in the correct order that they appear in the alphabet:)

Where did that come from:eek:

I'm trying to think of a facetious reply but I can't