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Here's 21 in a row, by Martin Gardner: Wouldn’t the sentence ‘I want to put a hyphen between the words Fish and And and And and Chips in my Fish-And-Chips sign

Here's 21 in a row, by Martin Gardner: Wouldn’t the sentence ‘I want to put a hyphen between the words Fish and And and And and Chips in my Fish-And-Chips sign’ have been clearer if quotation marks had been placed before Fish, and between Fish and and, and and and And, and And and and, and and and And, and And and and, and and and Chips, as well as after Chips?

CaptainNegative 4y ago
Can't one just keep recursing further? Only with very careful intonation and appropriate pauses after a comma can someone read Gardner's above sentence aloud such that a listener can fully grok the connection between "and" and "and,", and "and," and "and", and "and" and "and", and "and" and "and", and "and" and "And,", and "And," and "and", and "and" and "And", and "And" and "and", and "and" and "and,", and "and," and "and", and "and" and "and", and "and" and "and", and "and" and "And,", and "And," and "and", and "and" and "And", and "And" and "and", and "and" and "and,", and "and," and "and", and "and" and "and", and "and" and "and". (sentence due to Python 3).
- stevage 4y ago
  I mean, if you're allowing that, what's wrong with: > You should have seen this sign, it had 1000 ands in a row, and there was too much space between and and and and and and and and and ...
  - rolandog 4y ago
    He has multiplied the ands. Pray he does not multiply them any further.
    - vijayr02 4y ago
      The ands justify the means
    - zelphirkalt 4y ago
      It is called the "and bomb".
      - eightails 4y ago
        "I am become and"
        PowerBar 4y ago
        , destroyer of ors.
    - noisy_boy 4y ago
      The Andalorian.
- abelaer 4y ago
  If you want to draw the graph where nodes are words from your comment, and two nodes are connected when they contain the same letters, you would have to draw edges between and and and, and and and and, and ... Explodes even faster.
hackernewds 4y ago
This one does not follow as well

CaptainNegative 4y ago

Can't one just keep recursing further? Only with very careful intonation and appropriate pauses after a comma can someone read Gardner's above sentence aloud such that a listener can fully grok the connection between "and" and "and,", and "and," and "and", and "and" and "and", and "and" and "and", and "and" and "And,", and "And," and "and", and "and" and "And", and "And" and "and", and "and" and "and,", and "and," and "and", and "and" and "and", and "and" and "and", and "and" and "And,", and "And," and "and", and "and" and "And", and "And" and "and", and "and" and "and,", and "and," and "and", and "and" and "and", and "and" and "and". (sentence due to Python 3).

stevage 4y ago
I mean, if you're allowing that, what's wrong with: > You should have seen this sign, it had 1000 ands in a row, and there was too much space between and and and and and and and and and ...
- rolandog 4y ago
  He has multiplied the ands. Pray he does not multiply them any further.
  - vijayr02 4y ago
    The ands justify the means
  - zelphirkalt 4y ago
    It is called the "and bomb".
    - eightails 4y ago
      "I am become and"
      - PowerBar 4y ago
        , destroyer of ors.
  - noisy_boy 4y ago
    The Andalorian.
abelaer 4y ago
If you want to draw the graph where nodes are words from your comment, and two nodes are connected when they contain the same letters, you would have to draw edges between and and and, and and and and, and ... Explodes even faster.

hackernewds 4y ago

This one does not follow as well