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• betterunix 13y ago
  Call me crazy, but I think "Time flies like an arrow" or "Fruit flies like a banana" are more fun.
• bcks 13y ago
  There are lots of homophonic puns and poetry in Chinese: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homophonic_puns_in_Mandarin_Chinese http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homophonic_puns_in_Mandarin_Chi... One of the more extreme examples is a 92-character poem in which every syllable has the sound chi: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion-Eating_Poet_in_the_Stone_Den http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion-Eating_Poet_in_the_Stone_D... And also of note to Hacker News, homophone characters are one way social media users evade Chinese keyword filters and censorship: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homophonic_puns_in_Mandarin_Chinese#Circumventing_internet_censorship http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homophonic_puns_in_Mandarin_Chi...
• peterjmag 13y ago
  I love this sentence, because unlike certain other constructed examples of lexical ambiguity [1][2], it doesn't rely so heavily on the somewhat artificial removal of punctuation. It's also one of my favorite demonstrations of how absurd the English language can be. Another good one is "ghoti"[3]. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_while_John_had_had_had_had_had_had_had_had_had_had_had_a_better_effect_on_the_teacher http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_while_John_had_had_had_ha... [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/That_that_is_is_that_that_is_not_is_not_is_that_it_it_is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/That_that_is_is_that_that_is_no... [3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghoti http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghoti
  • BerislavLopac 13y ago
    Thank you for pointing me in the direction of the Lion-Eating Poet in the Stone Den. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion-Eating_Poet_in_the_Stone_Den http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion-Eating_Poet_in_the_Stone_D... :-D