michael-dean-k/

On Monday 6/15, I'm hosting a workshop to kick off a reading group for classic essays: RSVP here.

← all posts

Buffalo buffalo buffalo

· 93 words

Saw a post that says “‘Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo’ is a grammatically correct sentence.”

There are 3 usages:

  • Buffalo = a city in New York
  • Buffalo (noun) = a bison
  • Buffalo (verb) = to bull

So basically, “NY bisons (that) NY bisons bully (also) bully NY bisons.”

Three separate groups of bison from Buffalo, NY all engage in an endless cycle of bullying.

Put differently, “Bison from Buffalo [1] whom (other) bison from Buffalo [2] bully, will (also tend to) bully (yet another group of) bison from Buffalo [3].