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Re:"I never said she stole my money" has 7 different meaning... by cperciva on Tuesday April 28, 2009 @01:32PM (#583588)
You get different implied meanings by stressing different words in the famous (Buffalo)+ sentences, too.
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Re:"I never said she stole my money" has 7 different meaning... by norimaki on Tuesday April 28, 2009 @02:01PM (#583657)
THE buffalo FROM Buffalo WHO ARE buffaloed BY buffalo FROM Buffalo ALSO buffalo THE buffalo FROM Buffalo.
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Re:"I never said she stole my money" has 7 different meaning... by mixmax on Tuesday April 28, 2009 @02:51PM (#583757)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo...

;-)

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Re:"I never said she stole my money" has 7 different meaning... by castis on Tuesday April 28, 2009 @04:15PM (#583943)
The word "buffalo" has officially lost its meaning after reading that article.
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