Sentence that consists of identical words
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I recently read this:
Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo
It deploys the fact that "Buffalo" has different meanings:
- The animal buffalo.
- To buffalo somebody, e.g. bully them.
- A proper noun.
Furthermore, the plural form of "Buffalo1" can be just "Buffalo". This sentence means: (subscript corresponds to the No. of meaning)
Buffalo3 Buffalo1 (pl.) Buffalo3 Buffalo1 (pl.) Buffalo2 Buffalo2 Buffalo3 Buffalo1 (pl.)
i.e. Some buffalos from the place of Buffalo, who were bullied by some other buffalos also from the place of Buffalo, were to bully other buffalos again from the place of Buffalo!
Feeling shocked of how unpleasant the buffalos from Buffalo were, I came up with an idea: can we create a sentence like this, as long as possible? Capitalization problems can be ignored, since THEY CAN BE BYPASSED BY ALL-CAPS! But trailing -s, -ing, etc. are better left out.
Any idea? :)
This is quite related to this one, but not exactly the same: that question said:
With that background, the goal of this question is to create a sentence made up of the most different homonyms of the same word. This is not a challenge to find the longest sentence consisting of one word.
While mine is to find the longest sentence consisting of one word. :)
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I recently read this:
Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo
It deploys the fact that "Buffalo" has different meanings:
- The animal buffalo.
- To buffalo somebody, e.g. bully them.
- A proper noun.
Furthermore, the plural form of "Buffalo1" can be just "Buffalo". This sentence means: (subscript corresponds to the No. of meaning)
Buffalo3 Buffalo1 (pl.) Buffalo3 Buffalo1 (pl.) Buffalo2 Buffalo2 Buffalo3 Buffalo1 (pl.)
i.e. Some buffalos from the place of Buffalo, who were bullied by some other buffalos also from the place of Buffalo, were to bully other buffalos again from the place of Buffalo!
Feeling shocked of how unpleasant the buffalos from Buffalo were, I came up with an idea: can we create a sentence like this, as long as possible? Capitalization problems can be ignored, since THEY CAN BE BYPASSED BY ALL-CAPS! But trailing -s, -ing, etc. are better left out.
Any idea? :)
This is quite related to this one, but not exactly the same: that question said:
With that background, the goal of this question is to create a sentence made up of the most different homonyms of the same word. This is not a challenge to find the longest sentence consisting of one word.
While mine is to find the longest sentence consisting of one word. :)
wordplay
asked 10 mins ago
L. F.L. F.
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Possible duplicate of Make a sentence with the most different uses of the same word
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– Omega Krypton
7 mins ago
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I was equally shocked to see Buffalo*8 was already discussed b4! :P
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– L. F.
6 mins ago
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@OmegaKrypton Hmm... That question explicitly said "... the goal of this question is to create a sentence made up of the most different homonyms of the same word."
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– L. F.
5 mins ago
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I recently read this:
Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo
It deploys the fact that "Buffalo" has different meanings:
- The animal buffalo.
- To buffalo somebody, e.g. bully them.
- A proper noun.
Furthermore, the plural form of "Buffalo1" can be just "Buffalo". This sentence means: (subscript corresponds to the No. of meaning)
Buffalo3 Buffalo1 (pl.) Buffalo3 Buffalo1 (pl.) Buffalo2 Buffalo2 Buffalo3 Buffalo1 (pl.)
i.e. Some buffalos from the place of Buffalo, who were bullied by some other buffalos also from the place of Buffalo, were to bully other buffalos again from the place of Buffalo!
Feeling shocked of how unpleasant the buffalos from Buffalo were, I came up with an idea: can we create a sentence like this, as long as possible? Capitalization problems can be ignored, since THEY CAN BE BYPASSED BY ALL-CAPS! But trailing -s, -ing, etc. are better left out.
Any idea? :)
This is quite related to this one, but not exactly the same: that question said:
With that background, the goal of this question is to create a sentence made up of the most different homonyms of the same word. This is not a challenge to find the longest sentence consisting of one word.
While mine is to find the longest sentence consisting of one word. :)
wordplay
asked 10 mins ago
L. F.L. F.
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I recently read this:
Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo
It deploys the fact that "Buffalo" has different meanings:
- The animal buffalo.
- To buffalo somebody, e.g. bully them.
- A proper noun.
Furthermore, the plural form of "Buffalo1" can be just "Buffalo". This sentence means: (subscript corresponds to the No. of meaning)
Buffalo3 Buffalo1 (pl.) Buffalo3 Buffalo1 (pl.) Buffalo2 Buffalo2 Buffalo3 Buffalo1 (pl.)
i.e. Some buffalos from the place of Buffalo, who were bullied by some other buffalos also from the place of Buffalo, were to bully other buffalos again from the place of Buffalo!
Feeling shocked of how unpleasant the buffalos from Buffalo were, I came up with an idea: can we create a sentence like this, as long as possible? Capitalization problems can be ignored, since THEY CAN BE BYPASSED BY ALL-CAPS! But trailing -s, -ing, etc. are better left out.
Any idea? :)
This is quite related to this one, but not exactly the same: that question said:
With that background, the goal of this question is to create a sentence made up of the most different homonyms of the same word. This is not a challenge to find the longest sentence consisting of one word.
While mine is to find the longest sentence consisting of one word. :)
wordplay
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Possible duplicate of Make a sentence with the most different uses of the same word
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– Omega Krypton
7 mins ago
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I was equally shocked to see Buffalo*8 was already discussed b4! :P
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– L. F.
6 mins ago
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@OmegaKrypton Hmm... That question explicitly said "... the goal of this question is to create a sentence made up of the most different homonyms of the same word."
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– L. F.
5 mins ago
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Possible duplicate of Make a sentence with the most different uses of the same word
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– Omega Krypton
7 mins ago
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I was equally shocked to see Buffalo*8 was already discussed b4! :P
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– L. F.
6 mins ago
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@OmegaKrypton Hmm... That question explicitly said "... the goal of this question is to create a sentence made up of the most different homonyms of the same word."
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– L. F.
5 mins ago
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Possible duplicate of Make a sentence with the most different uses of the same word
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– Omega Krypton
7 mins ago
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Possible duplicate of Make a sentence with the most different uses of the same word
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– Omega Krypton
7 mins ago
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I was equally shocked to see Buffalo*8 was already discussed b4! :P
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– L. F.
6 mins ago
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I was equally shocked to see Buffalo*8 was already discussed b4! :P
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– L. F.
6 mins ago
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@OmegaKrypton Hmm... That question explicitly said "... the goal of this question is to create a sentence made up of the most different homonyms of the same word."
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– L. F.
5 mins ago
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@OmegaKrypton Hmm... That question explicitly said "... the goal of this question is to create a sentence made up of the most different homonyms of the same word."
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– L. F.
5 mins ago
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Well it is actually true that
Any sentence only containing an arbitrary number of "Buffalo" is grammatical and interpretable. This was shown in Sweet Reason: A Field Guide to Modern Logic by Tim Tymoczko and Jim Henle. See here
answered 1 min ago
hexominohexomino
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Thank you! I did not know that "A that B that C do do do D" structure!
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Well it is actually true that
Any sentence only containing an arbitrary number of "Buffalo" is grammatical and interpretable. This was shown in Sweet Reason: A Field Guide to Modern Logic by Tim Tymoczko and Jim Henle. See here
answered 1 min ago
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Thank you! I did not know that "A that B that C do do do D" structure!
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– L. F.
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$begingroup$
Well it is actually true that
Any sentence only containing an arbitrary number of "Buffalo" is grammatical and interpretable. This was shown in Sweet Reason: A Field Guide to Modern Logic by Tim Tymoczko and Jim Henle. See here
answered 1 min ago
hexominohexomino
38.6k2113182
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Thank you! I did not know that "A that B that C do do do D" structure!
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– L. F.
18 secs ago
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$begingroup$
Well it is actually true that
Any sentence only containing an arbitrary number of "Buffalo" is grammatical and interpretable. This was shown in Sweet Reason: A Field Guide to Modern Logic by Tim Tymoczko and Jim Henle. See here
answered 1 min ago
hexominohexomino
38.6k2113182
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Well it is actually true that
Any sentence only containing an arbitrary number of "Buffalo" is grammatical and interpretable. This was shown in Sweet Reason: A Field Guide to Modern Logic by Tim Tymoczko and Jim Henle. See here
answered 1 min ago
hexominohexomino
38.6k2113182
answered 1 min ago
hexominohexomino
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– Omega Krypton
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I was equally shocked to see Buffalo*8 was already discussed b4! :P
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– L. F.
6 mins ago
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@OmegaKrypton Hmm... That question explicitly said "... the goal of this question is to create a sentence made up of the most different homonyms of the same word."
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– L. F.
5 mins ago