10.25.2010

UMMMM......no

Wikipedia - "Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo." is a grammatically valid sentence in the English language, used as an example of how homonyms and homophones can be used to create complicated linguistic constructs. It has been discussed in literature since 1972 when the sentence was used by William J. Rapaport, an associate professor at the University at Buffalo. It was posted to Linguist List by Rapaport in 1992. It was also featured in Steven Pinker's 1994 book The Language Instinct.

What what what what what what what what? Turns out when Special Ed stumbles home from McFaddens every Sunday he's actually speaking in complete sentences? Well when he is able to form more than basic sounds, that is.

Umm you have got to be fucking kidding me with this one. I don't give a shit about William J. Rapaport or Steven Pinker. With all due respect sirs, I am the grammar expert on this blog and, quite frankly, on much of the internet. And this is not going to fly on my watch. Leave it to some dude from Buffalo to say that this is a grammatically correct sentence. Have you ever met anyone from Buffalo? Literally 1 in every 3 words they say is Buffalo. Not even an exaggeration. "Bills this, Niagara Falls that, Sabres, beer, wings, Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo." That is how most of my "conversations" with these degenerates go. So I think it's pretty easy to see that in 24 words, Buffalo could come up 8 times in a row at one point or another. What is NOT easy to see, my friends, is that this then makes a complete sentence.

And you can take all your fancy little charts and stick 'em where the sun don't shine. I can draw pictures too. Just no colors.

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