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corvus@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.ml · 11 months ago

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corvus@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.ml · 11 months ago
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  • BougieBirdie@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    11 months ago

    Surely you’ve thoroughly thought this through though?

    • Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de
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      11 months ago

      It’s tough.

    • Slovene@feddit.nl
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      11 months ago

      They did. And don’t call them Shirley!

    • tal@lemmy.today
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      11 months ago

      Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.

      “Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo” is a grammatically correct sentence in English that is often presented as an example of how homonyms and homophones can be used to create complicated linguistic constructs through lexical ambiguity.

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        11 months ago

        Do love me some annoying wordplay, like the Chinese poem Lion-Eating Poet in the Stone Den

    • Static_Rocket@lemmy.world
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      I feel like there needs to be a comma somewhere in that sentence but I don’t know why…

      • NathanUp@lemmy.ml
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        Before the last word.

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          That’s my first thought, but my brain keeps trying to inject one immediately following “Surely.” No idea why.

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        Knowing there should be a comma in the sentence, is half the battle. Knowing why… is the other half.

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      Nayeth, though thou hath thoroughly thought thots through.

    • Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      11 months ago

      …I spend a lot of my time thinking while waiting in the drive-thru.

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