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"Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo" is a grammatically correct sentence used as an example of how homonyms and homophones can be used to create complicated constructs.
See also: Lion-Eating Poet in the Stone Den.
And also: Linguistic example sentences.
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Sunday, September 02, 2007
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
wordie
juv3nal at MetaFilter pointed out this cool thing in this thread. I had posted this short list of cool words a little while before.
Thanks juv3nal! (He also has a pretty cool site, here.)
Thanks juv3nal! (He also has a pretty cool site, here.)
Sunday, April 15, 2007
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Misprisions
"A misprision appears to be a particularly creative kind of mistake, not infrequently tenurable, an inspired "misreading" through which brilliant error redeems the inferior dullness of mere creative genius."
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Monday, January 08, 2007
Internet Anagram Server
Internet Anagram Server
major dew shoes
jade moss whore
mow sod; ah, jeers
who so jams deer
jaws does homer
major dew shoes
jade moss whore
mow sod; ah, jeers
who so jams deer
jaws does homer
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