What's the longest sentence you can construct in the English language using only one word?
So, I'm not actually sure it's the longest, and it uses different words that are spelled the same, but this is good anyway. I'll leave it as a comment.
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Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.
ReplyDeleteWhich can be read as:
Buffalo buffalo (buffalo from Buffalo)
Buffalo buffalo buffalo (who are buffaloed by buffalo from Buffalo)
buffalo Buffalo buffalo (will buffalo those buffalo from Buffalo)
Probably less confusing over at Wiki.
In the "see also" section there is a Chinese poem translated as "Lion-Eating Poet in the Stone Den" that has as beat easily.
Also, I just want to say that I'm really upset that the sentence "James while John had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher" is included, because for it to work, one needs to add at commas, semicolons, and quotation marks.
I also liked Garden Path sentences, in which the final word of the sentence throws the reader off.
ReplyDeleteThe old man the boat. (man is a verb)
The man whistling tunes pianos.
The cotton clothing is made of grows in Mississippi.
These ambiguities are fun:
The man saw the boy with the binoculars.
We saw her duck.
They are hunting dogs.
The man drove through the restaurant. (don't get this one?)
The criminal experienced a seizure.
Police help dog bite victim.
Not related but fun: (Ben Franklin)
We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.
Pronounce the following:
bough, rough, through, cough, dough
OK, Now I'm just bored. I gotta quit.
I really enjoyed these.
ReplyDeleteRandom side note: I have been unintentionally ignoring peoples' comments on posts because I somehow managed to mark all emails from BlogSpot as spam. Problem solved.
Jerk.
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