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02 Nov 2014 17:39

Would mean about the same as its dutch counterpart:

Als achter vliegen vliegen vliegen, vliegen vliegen vliegen na.
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02 Nov 2014 18:03

Lol :lol:
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02 Nov 2014 18:49

oh, I know another one :D

Zehn Ziegen zogen zehn Zentner Zucker zum Zoo.

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02 Nov 2014 19:16

Or in good old austrian dialect :D

Zehn zquetschte Zwetschkn und zehn zquetschte Zwetschkn san zwanzg zquetschte Zwetschkn.
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Sbsteck zspod bstöd.

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02 Nov 2014 20:27

This one doesn't work in any other language as far as I know, but for those learning English*, this sentence is gramatically correct:

Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo

*Apparently only works in US English, for reasons I don't know.

This is how it works:

The sentence can be clarified by substituting the synonym "bison" for the animal "buffalo", "bully" for the verb "buffalo", and "New York" to refer to the state of the city Buffalo:

"New York bison New York bison bully, bully New York bison", or:
"New York bison whom other New York bison bully, themselves bully New York bison".


I kind of understand :lol:
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02 Nov 2014 21:21

uk_daf_fan wrote:This one doesn't work in any other language as far as I know, but for those learning English*, this sentence is gramatically correct:

Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo
It even has its own Wiki page! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_bu ... lo_buffalo
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02 Nov 2014 21:36

Find proper punctuation to the following sentence to give it meaning.

James while John had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher.

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02 Nov 2014 21:56

I'm wondering, is estonian language maybe also have so much word forms, as finnish? :D
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02 Nov 2014 22:08

There're 14, 2 missing and one which Finnish doesn't have. I don't about Hungarian...

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02 Nov 2014 23:36

yjyfgj wrote:Find proper punctuation to the following sentence to give it meaning.

James while John had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher.
Too easy!
James, while John had had "had", had had "had had"; "had had" had had a better effect on the teacher.

The example refers to two students, James and John, who are required by an English test to describe a man who, in the past, had suffered from a cold. John writes "The man had a cold" which the teacher marks as being incorrect, while James writes the correct "The man had had a cold." Since James' answer was right, it had had a better effect on the teacher.

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