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[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 99 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (27 children)

The landlord of a pub called The Pig And Whistle asked a sign writer to make a new sign. When he saw it he thought that the words were too close together, so he said to the sign writer “I want more space between Pig and And and And and Whistle”.

[–] BluesF@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Inspired by the story, another landlord decides to name their pub "Pig and And and And and Whistle." Lo and behold, the sign was cramped... Ther needed more space between Pig and and and and and And and And and and and and and And and And and and and and and Whistle.

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[–] accideath@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago

Buffalo buffalo, Buffalo buffalo buffalo, buffalo Buffalo buffalo.

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[–] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 88 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Live footage of me reviewing a report that has a repeated word series like this:

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[–] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 67 points 1 month ago (5 children)

You can create a sentence with an infinite number of "police"

Who polices the Police?

Police Police police Police.

Who polices the Police Police?

Police Police Police police Police Police.

And so on...

[–] fl42v@lemmy.ml 61 points 1 month ago

* the sound of buffalos approaching *

[–] lugal@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago

Plot twist: There is no police police. ACAB

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[–] airbreather@lemmy.world 61 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

James, while John had had "had", had had "had had;" "had had" had had a greater effect on the teacher.

[–] JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 35 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)
[–] Purox 30 points 1 month ago (5 children)

In German the following is a completely valid sentence:

Wenn hinter Fliegen Fliegen fliegen, fliegen Fliegen Fliegen nach.

Which translates to when flies fly behind flies, then flies follow flies. The same works for seals:

Wenn hinter Robben Robben Robben, robben Robben Robben nach.

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 24 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Some Hungarian prefixes can be piled on without limit, while still creating meaning.

The word "úszni" means "to swim".

Úsztatni - to make someone or someone swim
Úsztattatni - to make someone make someone swim
Úsztattattattattattattattattattni - to make someone make someone make someone ... make someone swim

Can be done with any verb, and maybe some other suffixes as well.

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[–] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

English has Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo

I don't know what it means but I've been told it is indeed a full sentence.

[–] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago

Bison from Buffalo, New York bully bison from Buffalo, New York who bully other bisons.

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[–] BartyDeCanter@lemmy.sdf.org 26 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

“That that” can and probably should be replaced with “that which” in almost every instance it is used.

Edit: or “when that”

[–] credo@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Many times you don’t need the first “that” at all.

Did you know that I play soccer?

Vs

Did you know I play soccer?

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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 26 points 1 month ago (3 children)

It annoys me so much when I feel I need to write a sentence like that that I go to great lengths to restructure sentences to avoid it.

...fuck

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[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 22 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"That that" spoken are two different sounding words so it makes sense. When it goes from verbal to written and I see it, I will almost always try to rephrase things to avoid that combo. It just jumps out as totally wrong.

[–] IMNOTCRAZYINSTITUTION@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (3 children)

are they? I just said "I didn't know that that was how it is" out loud and both thats sound the same

[–] Dhs92@programming.dev 14 points 1 month ago (6 children)

The A is slightly more emphasized in the second that. It's subtle

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[–] FreshLight@sh.itjust.works 22 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I always read "read" as "read" but now everything's different.

[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 39 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Read rhymes with lead the same way read rhymes with lead.

[–] ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

That one's a readily available lead on how to pronounce both those words.

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It is read like lead, not read like lead.

Edit: dammit, someone beat me to it.

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago (4 children)
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[–] TriflingToad@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I don't get it after the 2nd had, any chance someone else understands?

[–] khannie@lemmy.world 26 points 1 month ago (12 children)

It needs a comma.

All the good faith I had had, had had no effect.

Essentially "all the food faith I previously had, didn't have any effect".

Good God English is an awful language.

[–] Classy@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I'm pretty sure it is grammatically correct with no comma. The version you provided is a comma splice.

To slightly change the tense, All the good faith that I had had no effect is grammatically correct with no comma, so the gerund form should also not need a comma.

[–] khannie@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Perhaps. Regardless it's outlandish abuse of the tongue IMO and definitely would benefit from the comma because nobody's going to just bang out 4 had's in a row in speech without a pause without a justifiable slap across the chops and possibly a challenge to a duel.

"But your honour, he said 'had' four times on the trot without pause"

"Case dismissed"

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[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Sometimes we have a do do problem, too. I do do that, anyway.

Yes its called diarrhoea

[–] Limonene@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

English has its flaws, but I don't agree that that is one of them.

[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo!

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[–] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

english is dumb. why do we say "hands," but we don't say "foots"? why does "goose" become "geese," but "moose" doesn't become "meese"? why is "led" the past tense of "lead," but "red" is not the past tense of "read"? why don't "good" and "food" rhyme? LIGHT becomes LIT, fight becomes FOUGHT. peek becomes peeked, seek becomes SOUGHT

i could do this all day, but i willn't

[–] MajinBlayze@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

English is three other languages in a trench coat

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[–] bizarroland@fedia.io 10 points 1 month ago

Many of the at least 400 words that are technically both nouns and verbs depending on usage can form sentences of just repeating the word.

Buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.

Echoes echoes echoes Echoes' echoes.

Mrs Missus misses misses' Missus.

Fly flies fly.

Tests "tests" tests tests Tests' test.

Reasons reason reasons.

[–] ornery_chemist@mander.xyz 10 points 1 month ago

dass das das das dass da ersetzen kann ist falsch

translation: that "das" can replace "dass" there is wrong.

same shit different barbarians

[–] capt_wolf@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (3 children)

What exactly is it that you do do?

[–] warm@kbin.earth 8 points 1 month ago (4 children)

You don't need the extra do in the do-do scenarios.

"You do do that though" "You do that though"

My doodoo scenarios often need an extra doo

[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 month ago

It serves a meaning. It adds emphasis to the statement.

"You do do that though"

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[–] Toofpic@feddit.dk 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)
  • Had had had had
  • OH MY GOD, HE HAS A STROKE!
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[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Maybe I'm just grouchy today but how in the world does a word coming up twice in a row translate to a language being flawed? That seems like calling spelling "flawed" because letters come up twice in a row in a word.

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[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

About the sign "Alpha and Bravo", the spaces between Alpha and and and and and Bravo are too large.

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