Madness! Madness! The world has gone mad. Merriol, glitter-frenzied woman that she is, has finally flipped. She has managed to find toothpaste with glitter in it. Our kids are currently brushing their teeth with strawberry flavoured toothpaste that extrudes from the tube in a star shape - and glitters!
I may have to go lie down for a week if this goes on.
I may have to go lie down for a week if this goes on.
I've been saying 'buffalo' a lot today. Someone over at palimpsest posted this on one of the threads:
Here is a sentence that is already grammatically correct, believe it or not:I was intrigued.
Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.
Any guesses as to how this is so?
Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo?
Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo?
I spent several hours today happily doing the housework and playing with the kids - or so it would have seemed to the casual observer. Looked at more closely and you would have seen my lips twitching. A little closer still and you would have heard my muttering...
"Buffalo buffalo buffalo? buffalo buff-alo! Buffalo buffalo buffalo Buff-alo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo? ..."
Eventually I realised there were three meaning for the word. The animal itself, the verb meaning to overawe or outwit, and the Town in New York State. Finally I came up with:
Buffalo buffalo buffalo, Buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.
Meaning: (The animals called) Buffalo buffalo (or overawe or outwit other) buffalo, Buffalo buffalo (i.e. buffalo from the town of Buffalo), buffalo (other) Bouffalo buffalo.
I'm glad that's over; the kids were starting to look at me with even more pity than normal - and if this entry doesn't feature high on any Google search for buffalo soon I will be amazed. Buffalo.
Bouffalo n. a Buffalo with a beehive hairdo.
1 comment:
Good, with reference to the lying down for a week, of course. The jury is still out on buffalo, buffalo. x x x
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