{"id":4670,"date":"2020-07-24T12:46:49","date_gmt":"2020-07-24T12:46:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kinneybrothers.com\/blog\/?p=4670"},"modified":"2024-04-20T16:35:28","modified_gmt":"2024-04-20T16:35:28","slug":"fun-facts-63-buffalo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kinneybrothers.com\/blog\/blog\/2020\/07\/24\/fun-facts-63-buffalo\/","title":{"rendered":"Fun Facts About English #63 &#8211; Buffalo Buffalo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kinneybrothers.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"702\" width=\"702\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kinneybrothers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/077-2.jpg?resize=702%2C702&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Kinney Brothers Publishing Fun Facts About English 63\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The &#8220;Buffalo buffalo&#8230;&#8221; sentence first appeared in <em>Beyond Language<\/em> by Dmitri Borgmann in 1967.  It uses three different meanings of the word <em>buffalo<\/em>.  They are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Buffalo, New York<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the animal (bison) where <em>buffalo<\/em> is the plural form<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the verb <em>buffalo<\/em>, which means to confuse or intimidate<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The sentence translates to mean, &#8220;Bison from Buffalo, which other bison from Buffalo confuse, confuse the bison from Buffalo.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kinneybrothers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/buffalo.jpg?w=702&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Kinney Brothers Publishing Buffalo sentence\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The first two words, &#8220;Buffalo buffalo,&#8221; mean bison from Buffalo.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The next three words, &#8220;Buffalo buffalo buffalo,&#8221; mean &#8220;which other bison from Buffalo confuse.&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The last three words, &#8220;buffalo Buffalo buffalo,&#8221; mean &#8220;confuse the bison from Buffalo.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The same type of confusing though grammatically correct homophonous sentences can be made with a variety of words including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rose rose to put roes rows on her rows of roses.<br>Will Will&#8217;s will will Will&#8217;s will?<br>Before was was was was was is.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you enjoyed this post, click here to read more about the often <a href=\"https:\/\/kinneybrothers.com\/blog\/blog\/2020\/11\/05\/fun-facts-84-that-that\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hilarious subject of lingual ambiguity<\/a>.  Did you know that adjectives, such as &#8220;a cute little brown pig,&#8221; are stacked in a specific order?  Check out this post and take a <a href=\"https:\/\/kinneybrothers.com\/blog\/blog\/2020\/10\/30\/fun-facts-82-stacked-adjectives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">stacked adjectives<\/a> test!  Then learn <a href=\"https:\/\/kinneybrothers.com\/blog\/blog\/2020\/11\/01\/fun-facts-85-reduplication\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">why &#8220;Big Bad Wolf&#8221; is such a linguistic anomaly<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color has-background\">See the <a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/kinneybrothers.com\/blog\/blog\/2020\/07\/17\/fun-facts-62-gowpen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">previous<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/kinneybrothers.com\/blog\/blog\/2020\/07\/31\/fun-facts-64-scots\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">next<\/a> <strong>Fun Facts About English<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teacherspayteachers.com\/Store\/Donalds-English-Classroom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kinneybrothers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/HEADER_GIF.gif?w=702&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Donald's English Classroom\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Decorate your classroom!  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