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minus-squareEcho DotlinkfedilinkEnglish6•4 months agoA much quoted comment and yet I don’t get it the only meaning for the word Buffalo that I know is of an animal.
minus-square@FeathercrownlinkEnglish5•4 months agoBuffalo = The city buffalo = the animal, or the verb meaning “to bully” The sentence is therefore roughly equivalent to “Buffalo animals that Buffalo animals bully, bully Buffalo animals.”
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•4 months agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo
A much quoted comment and yet I don’t get it the only meaning for the word Buffalo that I know is of an animal.
Buffalo = The city
buffalo = the animal, or the verb meaning “to bully”
The sentence is therefore roughly equivalent to “Buffalo animals that Buffalo animals bully, bully Buffalo animals.”
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo