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01-31-2007, 05:54 AM
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_buffa...Buffalo_buffalo.
Quote:"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.
That's one hell of a sentence.
edit: damn, I can't edit the topic and now I look like a huge idiot
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Thanks Dee. Now I have a headache, and will probably have nightmares either about buffalo or English teachers.
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Buffalo.
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http://www.experiencenature.com/BuffaloFacts.html
Quote:HOW AMERICAN INDIANS UTILIZED THE BUFFALO
* Meat To Eat
* Dung For Fires
* Brains For Tanning Hides
* Gallstones For Yellow Paint
* Hooves Boiled To Make Glue
* Horns For Cups And Spoons
* Small Bones For Knives And Tools
* Sinew For Bowstrings And Sewing Thread
* Tails For Shooing Flies
Seriously? That must have been the rarest paint on Earth. First, you have to get lucky and kill a buffalo who just happens to have gallstones. Second, process said gallstones and get 1g of paint/buffalo. Third... profit?
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02-01-2007, 05:38 AM
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Quote:Seriously? That must have been the rarest paint on Earth. First, you have to get lucky and kill a buffalo who just happens to have gallstones. Second, process said gallstones and get 1g of paint/buffalo. Third... profit?
Maybe buffaloes are 99% predisposed to having gallstones the size of watermelons. Maybe when they pee, giant watermelon-sized yellow gallstones fire off in all directions like mana from heaven. *edit* Oh wait I don't think gallstones work that way
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They just specified what the gallstones were used for, they never said it was the only source of yellow pigment:whistling:
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Quote:They just specified what the gallstones were used for, they never said it was the only source of yellow pigment:whistling:
It's the only source of gallstone-colored yellow paint:)
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