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― Onimo (GerryNemo), Friday, 9 September 2005 11:17 (nineteen years ago) link
I ken ken kens ken's ken, ken?
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Friday, 9 September 2005 11:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― not-goodwin (not-goodwin), Friday, 9 September 2005 11:23 (nineteen years ago) link
― Raymond Douglas Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 9 September 2005 11:24 (nineteen years ago) link
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Friday, 9 September 2005 11:47 (nineteen years ago) link
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― Onimo (GerryNemo), Friday, 9 September 2005 11:51 (nineteen years ago) link
Martin Gardner died last weekend, aged 95. He wrote the original "Fish and and, and and and "And"..." sentence, using "and" 21 times in a row. The Language Log thread comments include an expansion of that sentence to "and" 71 times in a row.
First time I came across the Buffalo buffalo was on this thread. Took me a solid 20 minutes. The Cockney with the Hand and Androgynous Goat example is brilliant.
― The Amy Misto Family Knife (Plasmon), Wednesday, 26 May 2010 04:27 (fourteen years ago) link
The Cockney with the Hand and Androgynous Goat example is brilliant.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 26 May 2010 08:30 (fourteen years ago) link
The Language Log thread comments include an expansion of that sentence to "and" 71 times in a row.
Imagine if that person was standing in an echo chamber.
What would it sound like he was saying?
― Mark G, Wednesday, 26 May 2010 08:31 (fourteen years ago) link
If you like fish, fish fish. Fish fish fish too.
― Tilting at Bushmills (onimo), Friday, 22 October 2010 14:54 (thirteen years ago) link
when you go to hell ilx only has this thread on it
― I see what this is (Local Garda), Friday, 22 October 2010 14:56 (thirteen years ago) link
If you like fish, fish fish. Fish fish fish. Fish fish other things too.
― Harrison Buttwhistle (NickB), Friday, 22 October 2010 14:59 (thirteen years ago) link
If you like to fish fish, fish fish. Fish fish fish. Fish fish other things too.
― Tilting at Bushmills (onimo), Friday, 22 October 2010 15:01 (thirteen years ago) link
I just bashed my elbow. Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck.
― Harrison Buttwhistle (NickB), Friday, 22 October 2010 15:03 (thirteen years ago) link
who knows how many times I've spent a few minutes trying to parse the buffalo and failing.
― Antoine Bugleboy (Merdeyeux), Friday, 22 October 2010 15:06 (thirteen years ago) link
and by a few I mean many. Many many many many.
― Antoine Bugleboy (Merdeyeux), Friday, 22 October 2010 15:08 (thirteen years ago) link
Think of "Buffalo buffalo buffalo" as "Chicago bash bisons".
Chicago bash bisons bash Chicago bash bisons.Buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo.
― Tilting at Bushmills (onimo), Friday, 22 October 2010 15:11 (thirteen years ago) link
that's wrong lol
Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo.
― Tilting at Bushmills (onimo), Friday, 22 October 2010 15:12 (thirteen years ago) link
buffalo doesn't even look like a real word now :(
― Tilting at Bushmills (onimo), Friday, 22 October 2010 15:13 (thirteen years ago) link
try this:
Mice cats chase eat cheese. (Mice, that are chased by cats, eat cheese.)
Dogs dogs dog dog dogs. (Dogs, that are dogged by dogs, dog other dogs)
Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo. (Buffalo, that are buffaloed by buffalo, buffalo other buffalo.)
then add the extra Buffalo-NY
Buffalo-NY buffalo, Buffalo-NY buffalo buffalo, buffalo Buffalo-NY buffalo
and so
Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo
i've just gone a bit mental
― ledge, Friday, 22 October 2010 15:14 (thirteen years ago) link
I love that post so much
― O'Donnell and the Brain (HI DERE), Friday, 22 October 2010 15:15 (thirteen years ago) link
YESSSSSSSSSSSS. I am sorry I've had to break two of you to reach this exalted state, I hope it's been worth it for you.
― Antoine Bugleboy (Merdeyeux), Friday, 22 October 2010 15:20 (thirteen years ago) link
if we could change the binomial name of the buffalo from bison bison to buffalo buffalo we could probably construct a sentence that works as a mental weapon of mass destruction.
― Antoine Bugleboy (Merdeyeux), Friday, 22 October 2010 15:24 (thirteen years ago) link
i am slowly recovering. (can't make sense of onimo's, it should be 'chicago bisons chicago bisons bash bash chicago bisons'?)
enough.
xp ha!
― ledge, Friday, 22 October 2010 15:24 (thirteen years ago) link
Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo Buffalo mozarella.
― Mark G, Friday, 22 October 2010 15:25 (thirteen years ago) link
Buffaloed Buffalo buffalo buffaloed Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo buffaloed Buffalo buffalo
― O'Donnell and the Brain (HI DERE), Friday, 22 October 2010 15:28 (thirteen years ago) link
wait I think that's one too many
― O'Donnell and the Brain (HI DERE), Friday, 22 October 2010 15:29 (thirteen years ago) link
oh no that's right, never mind
One guy from wet Wet Wet Wet wet wet Wet Wet Wet wet through.
― Harrison Buttwhistle (NickB), Friday, 22 October 2010 15:29 (thirteen years ago) link
Mine is completely different from ledge's despite having the same words :/
A bison from Chicago that has a tendency to bash is a Chicago bash bison. Sometimes they bash each other. Therefore Chicago bash bison bash Chicago bash bison.
Now I can't understand Ledge's, and I did a minute ago.
― Tilting at Bushmills (onimo), Friday, 22 October 2010 15:31 (thirteen years ago) link
There's a river in Namibia called "Fish". Its fish are Fish fish.
If you like Fish fish, fish Fish fish. Fish fish fish Fish fish. Fish fish fish other things too.
― Tilting at Bushmills (onimo), Friday, 22 October 2010 15:32 (thirteen years ago) link
If you like to fish Fish fish, fish Fish fish. Fish fish fish Fish fish. Fish fish fish other things too.
― Tilting at Bushmills (onimo), Friday, 22 October 2010 15:33 (thirteen years ago) link
If you like to fish Fish fish, fish Fish fish. Fish fish fish Fish fish. Phish fish Fish fish. Fish fish fish Phish. Fish fish fish other things too.
― O'Donnell and the Brain (HI DERE), Friday, 22 October 2010 15:35 (thirteen years ago) link
I have tried to work out and explain and expand upon the ands and kens and buffalo in the pub when drunk. It's never gone well. Needless to say, I love this thread.
― ailsa, Friday, 22 October 2010 15:36 (thirteen years ago) link
Did Fish from Marillion own any fish?
― Harrison Buttwhistle (NickB), Friday, 22 October 2010 15:41 (thirteen years ago) link
Fish didn't like to fish.
― Mark G, Friday, 22 October 2010 15:53 (thirteen years ago) link
fish Fish fish fish fish fish fish Fish fish fish Fish fish?
― Antoine Bugleboy (Merdeyeux), Friday, 22 October 2010 15:58 (thirteen years ago) link
(just kidding, although if anyone would like to try parsing it anyway, knock yrself out.)
So, the singer Fish from Marillion, who didn't like to fish, decided to fish anyway, but just to prove he had, would take pictures of the fish that he had fished for onto microfiche format (which is spelled mikrofish in Hungarian, or fish for short).
― Mark G, Friday, 22 October 2010 16:04 (thirteen years ago) link