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Category: Language, Asides, phonetics

“Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.” is a grammatically correct sentence used as an example of how homonyms and homophones can be used to create complicated constructs. This Wikipedia page lists similar sentences in many languages. Also, don’t mix up homophones and homonyms with homographs, of which I’m particularly fond.

Posted Friday, October 27th, 2006 at 12:47 am
Filed Under Category: Language, Asides, phonetics
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rio
November 2nd, 2006 at 5:35 pm

Absolutely fascinating. Nice redesign (yes, it’s been a while for me around here). I like the SMS feature too.

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