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	<title>And Slaters Go Plop &#187; buffalo</title>
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		<title>Buffalo Buffalo</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Keeping with the theme of quirks of the English language, here&#8217;s one courtesy of Steven Pinker&#8217;s The Language Instinct: This one requires a lot of scene-setting, let&#8217;s start with, Cats whom dogs chase like to eat mice. which can be shortened to, Cats dogs chase eat mice. We can place the cats, dogs and mice [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Keeping with the theme of quirks of the English language, here&#8217;s one courtesy of Steven Pinker&#8217;s <em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Language_Instinct">The Language Instinct</a></em>:</p>
<p>This one requires a lot of scene-setting, let&#8217;s start with,</p>
<p><strong>Cats whom dogs chase like to eat mice.</strong></p>
<p>which can be shortened to,</p>
<p><strong>Cats dogs chase eat mice.</strong></p>
<p>We can place the cats, dogs and mice in locations:</p>
<p><strong>Christchurch cats Dunedin dogs chase eat Masterton mice.</strong></p>
<p>What if there is no chasing or eating, just bullying?</p>
<p><strong>Christchurch cats Dunedin dogs bully bully Masterton mice.</strong></p>
<p>Why not make them all live in the same town?</p>
<p><strong>Christchurch cats Christchurch dogs bully bully Christchurch mice.</strong></p>
<p>Let&#8217;s only talk about cats who are bullied and who themselves also bully:</p>
<p><strong>Christchurch cats Christchurch cats bully bully Christchurch cats.</strong></p>
<p>Let&#8217;s move them to the town of Buffalo in the US:</p>
<p><strong>Buffalo cats Buffalo cats bully bully Buffalo cats.</strong></p>
<p>Swap the cats for buffalo instead:</p>
<p><strong>Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo bully bully Buffalo buffalo.</strong></p>
<p>And did you know that another word for &#8216;bully&#8217; is &#8216;<a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/buffalo#Translations_2">buffalo</a>&#8216;? Let&#8217;s do it:</p>
<p><strong>Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.</strong></p>
<p>There, perfect sense.</p>
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