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James while John had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher(en.wikipedia.org)

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NOT_RICK@lemmy.world
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This and that Buffalo sentence prove English is dumb

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prime_number_314159@lemmy.world
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You only believe this because you haven’t seen the alternative. Listen to a reading of The Lion-Eating Poet in the Stone Den.

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Today@lemmy.world
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What’s the buffalo sentence?

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Resol van Lemmy@lemmy.worldOP
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I know the police one.

Police police police police police police police police

If you know the context of each time the word police is said, you might understand the sentence better.

But yeah, English is stupid.

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dantheclamman@lemmy.worldM
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English experienced a fatal recursion error. Please reboot

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Resol van Lemmy@lemmy.worldOP
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I don’t have the boot disk unfortunately.

On continuera cette conversation en français. Bien sur je plaisante.

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walden@sub.wetshaving.social
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Welp, my brain hurts now. 🤕

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Resol van Lemmy@lemmy.worldOP
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Punctuation helps.

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C0unterfactual@sh.itjust.works
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Due to the restrictive clause the only proper punctuation is the ending period.

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Resol van Lemmy@lemmy.worldOP
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James, while John had had “had”, had had “had had”, “had had” had had a better effect on the teacher.

I think reading it where the stress falls on the words in quotations can also make it slightly easier to understand.

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A_A@lemmy.world
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Σ i=1 75 (fuck) i³

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