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In 1985 some students at Stanford organized a competition: > you were asked to compose not more than 100 words of prose, or 14 lines of verse, in which a sente
by vilhelm_s 6y ago
In 1985 some students at Stanford organized a competition:
> you were asked to compose not more than 100 words of prose, or 14 lines of verse, in which a sentence described as grammatically acceptable but without meaning did, in the event, become meaningful. The sentence, devised by Noam Chomsky, was: colourless green ideas sleep furiously.
Four winning entries here: http://archives.conlang.info/ga/farzhi/shiarweilwoen.html http://archives.conlang.info/ga/farzhi/shiarweilwoen.html